Deleuze's Hume : philosophy, culture and the Scottish Enlightenment / Jeffrey A. Bell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bell, Jeffrey A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Deleuze, Gilles, 1925-1995.

Deleuze, Gilles.

Hume, David, 1711-1776.

Hume, David.

Enlightenment--Scotland.

Enlightenment.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 169 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

This book offers the first extended comparison of the philosophies of Gilles Deleuze and David Hume.

Contents:

1. Staging the mind : from multiplicity to belief

Ideas and impressions

Transcendental empiricism

Radical empiricism

Reality of the virtual

Belief

2. Becoming who we are

Historical ontology

Personal identity

Creative evolution and pragmatics

3. The time of our life : historical ontology and creative events

Problematizing history

Creative events and counter-causality

Kafka : a life, an event ...

4. Becoming civil : history and the discipline of institutions

Hume and history

The rise of arts and sciences

Commerce and schizophrenia

Institutions, power, and culture

5. Creating culture : the case of the Scottish Enlightenment

Cultural preconscious

Instituting culture

Scottish Enlightenment

From culture to canon

6. Beyond belief : Deleuze's Hume and the fear of politics

Speech and event

Beyond belief

Speaking for the multitude

Becoming-imperceptible.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. [158]-166) and index.

ISBN:

0-7486-5246-9

1-282-05892-4

9786612058929

0-7486-3440-1

OCLC:

319891658