The signature of the world, or, What is Deleuze and Guattari's philosophy?

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The signature of the world, or, What is Deleuze and Guattari's philosophy?

Éric Alliez ; translated by Eliot Ross Albert and Alberto Toscano ; preface by Alberto Toscano

Continuum, c2004

  • : hard
  • : pbk

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Signature du monde

What is Deleuze and Guattari's philosophy

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Volume

: hard ISBN 9780826456205

Description

The Signature of the World focuses on one of the most influential works of contemporary philosophy: What is Philosophy? by Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari, their last joint work after Anti-Oedipus and A Thousand Plateaus. It sets What is Philosophy? in the context of earlier work by the two thinkers and, in a manner sure to challenge and provoke, juxtaposes it to the work of both analytic philosophers and continental phenomenologists. Alliez explores the distinctive theory of thought put forth by Deleuze & Guattari from a series of angles, delving into their revolutionary, Spinozist treatment of the history of philosophy, elucidating their engagement with the metaphysics of current research programmes in the sciences and delineating their invention of a 'material meta-aesthetics' capable of responding to the most radical experiments in contemporary art. Much recent philosophy has revelled in declaring the end of metaphysics, of ontology, and sometimes of philosophy itself. In sharp contrast, The Signature of the World is a forceful reminder of the power of ontology and the need for a materialist reinvention of metaphysics. The Signature of the World is here accompanied by two appendices, 'Deleuze Virtual Philosophy' and 'On the Philosophy of Gilles Deleuze: An Introduction to (the) Matter', as well as a preface by Alberto Toscano.

Table of Contents

  • Translator's Preface
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Ethics of Philosophy
  • 2. The Etiology of Science
  • 3. Onto-Ethologies
  • Appendix: On Deleuze's Bergsonism
  • Index
Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780826456212

Description

The Signature of the World focuses on one of the most influential works of contemporary philosophy: What is Philosophy? by Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari, their last joint work after Anti-Oedipus and A Thousand Plateaus. It sets What is Philosophy? in the context of earlier work by the two thinkers and, in a manner sure to challenge and provoke, juxtaposes it to the work of both analytic philosophers and continental phenomenologists. Alliez explores the distinctive theory of thought put forth by Deleuze & Guattari from a series of angles, delving into their revolutionary, Spinozist treatment of the history of philosophy, elucidating their engagement with the metaphysics of current research programmes in the sciences and delineating their invention of a material meta-aesthetics capable of responding to the most radical experiments in contemporary art. Much recent philosophy has revelled in declaring the end of metaphysics, of ontology, and sometimes of philosophy itself. In sharp contrast, The Signature of the World is a forceful reminder of the power of ontology and the need for a materialist reinvention of metaphysics. The Signature of the World is here accompanied by two appendices, Deleuze Virtual Philosophy and On the Philosophy of Gilles Deleuze: An Introduction to (the) Matter, as well as a preface by Alberto Toscano.

Table of Contents

  • Translator's Preface
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Ethics of Philosophy
  • 2. The Etiology of Science
  • 3. Onto-Ethologies
  • Appendix: On Deleuze's Bergsonism Index

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  • NCID
    BA72410238
  • ISBN
    • 0826456200
    • 0826456219
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Original Language Code
    fre
  • Place of Publication
    London ; New York
  • Pages/Volumes
    xxviii, 120 p
  • Size
    23 cm
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