Gilles Deleuze's Difference and Repetition: A Critical Introduction and Guide

James Williams

Published by Edinburgh University Press 2013

Gilles Deleuze's Difference and Repetition

A Critical Introduction and Guide

James Williams

In the series Critical Introductions and Guides

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780748668946

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About this book

A revised, expanded and fully up-to-date critical introduction to Deleuze’s most important work of philosophy

By critically analysing Deleuze's methods, principles and arguments, James Williams helps readers to engage with the revolutionary core of Deleuze's philosophy and take up positions for or against its most innovative and controversial ideas.

New for this edition

A new chapter on questions of method around important concepts such as intensity, anarchic distribution, transcendental illusion and distinctness
Reflections on the place of judgement and action in Deleuze’s work in order to explain its ethical and political dimensions
A new critical section, which guides students through the key debates and oppositions by engaging with latest interpretations of Deleuze by Levi Bryant, Anna Sauvagnargues, Daniel W. Smith, Henry Somers-Hall and Miguel de Beistegui

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Abbreviations Publicly Available Download PDF	viii
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	x
1 Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2 Outside Repetition, Generality and Laws Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	26
3 Difference Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	60
4 Repetition Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	91
5 Against Common Sense Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	118
6 What is an Idea? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	149
7 What is Reality? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	177
8 Difference and Repetition Revisited Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	211
9 Conclusion: Beyond the Self Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	240
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	254
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Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 272
Keywords: Philosophy

eBook

Published: January 15, 2013
ISBN: 9780748668946