Deleuze and the meaning of life Claire Colebrook.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Colebrook, Claire, author.

Series:

Bloomsbury studies in continental philosophy.

Continuum studies in Continental philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Deleuze, Gilles, 1925-1995.

Deleuze, Gilles.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (207 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London New York Continuum 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The intensification of interest in Deleuze over the last decade has coincided with the end of the linguistic paradigm in both continental and analytic philosophy. Indeed, the division between the two traditions appears to be closing and the philosophy of Gilles Deleuze seems to be crucial to this convergence, as he is both indebted to the phenomenological tradition at the same time as he operates with concepts drawn from the sciences. Claire Colebrook explores these ideas and offers a new and alternative assessment of Deleuze's contribution to philosophy. She argues that while Deleuze does draw upon sciences that explain the emergence of language, art and philosophy, his own thought is distinguished by a discontinuist thesis: systems may emerge from tendencies of life but always have the capacity to operate without reference to their original aim. Colebrook makes new claims regarding how Deleuze's philosophy might be used to read contemporary art and thus offers an original and crucial contribution to the Deleuzian debate

Contents:

The problem of vitalism : active/passive

Brain, system, model : the affective turn

Vitalism and theoria

Inorganic art

Inorganic vitalism

The vital order after theory

On becoming

Living systems, extended minds, gaia

Introduction: The Problem of Vitalism: Active

Passive

1. Brain, System, Model: The Affective Turn

2. Vitalism and Theoria

3. Inorganic Art

4. Inorganic Vitalism

5. The Vital Order After Theory

6.On Becoming

7. Living Systems, Extended Minds, Gaia

Conclusion

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index

ISBN:

9786612590702

9781441121158

1441121153

9781472546289

1472546288

9781282590700

1282590707

9781441154286

1441154280

OCLC:

600207933