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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784306103321

Autore

May Todd <1955->

Titolo

Gilles Deleuze : an introduction / / Todd May [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2005

ISBN

1-107-14053-6

1-280-43141-5

1-139-16541-0

0-511-17061-0

0-511-08049-2

0-511-20652-6

0-511-29773-4

0-511-07973-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 184 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

194

Soggetti

Philosophy, French - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-179) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 How Might One Live?; 2 Spinoza, Bergson, Nietzsche; 3 Thought, Science, and Language; 4 The Politics of Difference; 5 Lives; Further Reading; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book offers a readable and compelling introduction to the work of one of the twentieth century's most important and elusive thinkers. Other books have tried to explain Deleuze in general terms. Todd May organizes his book around a central question at the heart of Deleuze's philosophy: how might we live? The author then goes on to explain how Deleuze offers a view of the cosmos as a living thing that provides ways of conducting our lives that we may not have dreamed of. Through this approach the full range of Deleuze's philosophy is covered. Offering a lucid account of a highly technical philosophy, Todd May's introduction will be widely read amongst those in philosophy, political science, cultural studies and French studies.