Time and history in Deleuze and Serres / Bernd Herzogenrath.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Herzogenrath, Bernd, 1964-

Series:

• Continuum studies in continental philosophy
• Continuum studies in Continental philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Deleuze, Gilles, 1925-1995.
• Serres, Michel.
• Time.
• History--Philosophy.

Physical Description:

xiv, 232 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Continuum, [2011]

Summary:

This collection of eleven essays explores the ontology of time and revolutionary historiography that French philosophers Gilles Deleuze and Michel Serres developed. Deleuze and Serres challenged tendencies by philosophers, historians, and scientists to conceive of time and history as linear succession of instants. These essays illuminate the significance of such challenges in terms of politics, philosophy, science, and art. Topics include the revolutionary potential of Deleuze and his sometime co-writer Felix Guattari's non-linear historical materialism, how Serres uses the history of math to explain how local meanings emerge while also accounting for recurrence of similar models, how the shift from Bergson to Nietzsche allows Deleuze to "develop an ontology of time that accounts for the contingency and randomness of history without reducing it to mere randomness or accident," the difference between Deleuze and Foucault's approach to history and analysis of "the society of control," Serres conception of time as a "wrinkled handkerchief," and the influence of Deleuze and Serres on Henry Adams' political and scientific historical writing. The contributors are professors of political theory, literary studies, philosophy, and women's studies. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

• 9781441163868
• 1441163867
• 9781441142740
• 1441142746
• 9781441185709
• 1441185704

OCLC:

657603095