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Deleuze, The Dark Precursor: Dialectic, Structure, Being
Eleanor Kaufman
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Hardback. This attention to the negative or minor category has implications that extend beyond philosophy and into feminist theory, film, American studies, anthropology, and architecture. Series: Rethinking Theory. Num Pages: 264 pages, 1, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: DSA; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 472.
Gilles Deleuze is considered one of the most important French philosophers of the twentieth century. Eleanor Kaufman situates Deleuze in relation to others of his generation, such as Jean-Paul Sartre, Pierre Klossowski, Maurice Blanchot, and Claude Levi-Strauss, and she engages the provocative readings of Deleuze by Alain Badiou and Slavoj Zizek. Deleuze, The Dark Precursor is organized around three themes that critically overlap: dialectic, structure, and being. Kaufman argues that Deleuze's work is deeply concerned with these concepts, even when he advocates for the seemingly opposite notions of univocity, nonsense, and becoming. By drawing on scholastic thought and reading somewhat ... Read more
Gilles Deleuze is considered one of the most important French philosophers of the twentieth century. Eleanor Kaufman situates Deleuze in relation to others of his generation, such as Jean-Paul Sartre, Pierre Klossowski, Maurice Blanchot, and Claude Levi-Strauss, and she engages the provocative readings of Deleuze by Alain Badiou and Slavoj Zizek. Deleuze, The Dark Precursor is organized around three themes that critically overlap: dialectic, structure, and being. Kaufman argues that Deleuze's work is deeply concerned with these concepts, even when he advocates for the seemingly opposite notions of univocity, nonsense, and becoming. By drawing on scholastic thought and reading somewhat ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Series
Rethinking Theory
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9781421405896
SKU
V9781421405896
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About Eleanor Kaufman
Eleanor Kaufman is a professor of comparative literature, English, and French and Francophone studies, as well as an affiliate in Jewish studies and the Center for the Study of Religion at the University of California, Los Angeles. She is author of The Delirium of Praise: Bataille, Blanchot, Deleuze, Foucault, Klossowski and coeditor of Deleuze and Guattari: New Mappings ... Read more
Reviews for Deleuze, The Dark Precursor: Dialectic, Structure, Being
Kaufman's book on Deleuze is an exemplary work, carefully argued and thought provoking. The line of discussion is lucidly presented and well conceived. Analysis and Metaphysics