Deleuze and Derrida : difference and the power of the negative / Vernon W. Cisney.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cisney, Vernon W., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Deleuze, Gilles, 1925-1995.

Deleuze, Gilles.

Derrida, Jacques.

Difference (Philosophy).

Philosophy, French--20th century.

Philosophy, French.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 305 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2018.

Summary:

The first scholarly comparative analysis of Jacques Derrida and Gilles Deleuze's philosophies of difference. Jacques Derrida and Gilles Deleuze are best known for their respective attempts to theoretically formulate non-dialectical conceptions of difference. Now, for the first time, Vernon W. Cisney brings you a scholarly analysis of their contrasting concepts of difference. Cisney distinguishes their conceptions of difference by differentiating them on the basis of the criticisms they level against Hegel, as well as their valorisations of Nietzsche, and the ways in which they understand Nietzsche's thought to surpass that of Hegel. The contrast between the two, Cisney argues, is that while Deleuze formulates an affirmative conception of difference, Derrida's différance amounts to an irresolvable negativity.

Contents:

Part I. Introduction: 1. The Question ; 2. Grounding the Question

Part II. The Tremendous Power of the Negative: 3. The Two Pillars of Deconstruction ; 4. Deleuze and Hegelian Difference ; 5. The Tremendous Power of the Negative

Par III. Thinking Difference Itself: 6. Traces and Ashes ; 7. Deleuze, Plato's Reversal, and Eternal Return ; 8. Derrida, Deleuze, and Difference

Part IV. Implications and Conclusions: 9. Deconstruction vs. Constructivism ; 10. Conclusion(s).

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 18 Dec 2019).

Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-295) and index.

ISBN:

1-4744-0470-7

0-7486-9623-7

OCLC:

1312726642