The Cambridge Companion to Deleuze [Paperback]

This book provides a clear, comprehensive survey of Deleuze's philosophy, whilst also offering deep analysis of key aspects of his thought.This book provides an extensive, lucid survey of, and new research on, the philosophy of Deleuze. Includes detailed studies of Deleuze's engagements with phenomenology, post-Kantianism and the sciences. Of interest to scholars and students of the history of twentieth-century philosophy, Deleuze studies and cultural and literary theory.This book provides an extensive, lucid survey of, and new research on, the philosophy of Deleuze. Includes detailed studies of Deleuze's engagements with phenomenology, post-Kantianism and the sciences. Of interest to scholars and students of the history of twentieth-century philosophy, Deleuze studies and cultural and literary theory.Gilles Deleuze (19251995) was an influential and provocative twentieth-century thinker who developed and presented an alternative to the image of thought found in traditional philosophy. This volume offers an extensive survey of Deleuze's philosophy by some of his most influential interpreters. The essays give lucid accounts of the fundamental themes of his metaphysical work and its ethical and political implications. They clearly situate his thinking within the philosophical tradition, with detailed studies of his engagements with phenomenology, post-Kantianism and the sciences, and also his interventions in the arts. As well as offering new research on established areas of Deleuze scholarship, several essays address key themes that have not previously been given the attention they deserve in the English-speaking world.Introduction Henry Somers-Hall; 1. Deleuze and the history of philosophy Daniel W. Smith; 2. Difference and repetition James Williams; 3. The Deleuzian reversal of Platonism Miguel Beistegui; 4. Deleuze and Kant Beth Lord; 5. Phenomenology and metaphysics, and chaos: on the fragility of the event in Deleuze Leonard Lawlor; 6. Deleuze and structuralism lÓ(