Gilles Deleuze and metaphysics / edited by Alain Beaulieu, Edward Kazarian, and Julia Sushytska.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Beaulieu, Alain, 1940- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Deleuze, Gilles, 1925-1995.

Deleuze, Gilles.

Metaphysics.

Physical Description:

x, 255 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2014]

Summary:

Deleuze remains indifferent to the ambient pathos related to the end of metaphysics and compares the undertakings of destruction, overcoming, and deconstruction of metaphysics with the gestures of murderers. He considerers himself a "pure metaphysician," which is rather unique in the contemporary philosophical landscape. What are we to make of this and similar claims? What do they mean in light of the effort made during the last several centuries to overcome, overturn, destroy, or deconstruct metaphysics? If we consider Deleuze's work more closely, might we find him engaging in the kind of thinking that is commonly referred to as metaphysical? And if Deleuze is indeed a metaphysician, does this undercut the many insightful contributions of the twentieth-century philosophers who dedicated their thought to bringing down Western metaphysical tradition, or does it suggest that there is a sense of metaphysics that should nevertheless be preserved? These and similar questions are addressed in Gilles Deleuze and Metaphysics by an international collection of scholars. The goal of this book is to critically engage an aspect of Deleuze's thought that, for the most part, has been neglected, and to understand better his "immanent metaphysics." It also seeks to explore the consequences of such an engagement. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Leaving Metaphysics? Deleuze on the Event / Alberto Anelli Anelli, Alberto 17

2 Mathematics, Structure, Metaphysics: Deleuze and Category Theory / Rocco Gangle Gangle, Rocco 45

3 Difference and Speculation: Heidegger, Meillassoux, and Deleuze on Sufficient Reason / Sjoerd van Tuinen Tuinen, Sjoerd van 63

4 The Physics of Sense: Bruno, Schelling, Deleuze / Joshua Ramey Ramey, Joshua, Daniel Whistler Whistler, Daniel 91

5 The Obscure Metaphysics of Gilles Deleuze / Julia Sushytska Sushytska, Julia 115

6 Deleuze and Badiou on Being and the Event / Alain Beaulieu Beaulieu, Alain 137

7 Disanalogous Being: Deleuze. Spinoza, and Univocal Metaphysics / Adrian Switzer Switzer, Adrian 153

8 Crowned Anarchies, Substantial Attributes, and the Trans' Problem of Stupidity / Gregory Kalyniuk Kalyniuk, Gregory 179

9 Revolution and the Return of Metaphysics / Thomas Nail Nail, Thomas 207

10 Whence Intensity? Deleuze and the Revival of a Concept / Mary Beth Mader Mader, Mary Beth 225.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780739174753

0739174754

OCLC:

891185985