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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454099703321

Autore

Deleuze Gilles

Titolo

Difference and repetition / / Gilles Deleuze ; translated by Paul Patton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England ; ; New York, New York : , : Continuum, , 2001

©2001

ISBN

9781441180124

1-282-30985-4

9786612309854

1-4411-8012-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (373 p.)

Collana

Athlone Contemporary European Thinkers

Disciplina

194

Soggetti

Philosophy, French - 20th century

Difference (Philosophy)

Repetition (Philosophy)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Translator's Preface; Preface to the English Edition; Preface; INTRODUCTION: REPETITION AND DIFFERENCE; CHAPTER I: DIFFERENCE IN ITSELF; CHAPTER II: REPETITION FOR ITSELF; CHAPTER III: THE IMAGE OF THOUGHT; CHAPTER IV: IDEAS AND THE SYNTHESIS OF DIFFERENCE; CHAPTER V: ASYMMETRICAL SYNTHESIS OF THE SENSIBLE; CONCLUSION; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Since its publication in 1968, ""Difference and Repetition"", an exposition of the critique of identity, has come to be considered a contemporary classic in philosophy and one of Deleuze's most important works. The text follows the development of two central concepts, those of pure difference and complex repetition. It shows how the two concepts are related, difference implying divergence and decentring, repetition being associated with displacement and disguising. The work moves deftly between Hegel, Kierkegaard, Freud, Althusser and Nietzsche to establish a fundamental critique of Western me