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337The logic of the rhizome in the work of Hegel and DeleuzeIn Karen Houle, Jim Vernon & Jean-Clet Martin (eds.), Hegel and Deleuze: Together Again for the First Time, Northwestern University Press. 2013.
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24915 Deleuze's philosophical heritage: unity, difference, and onto-theologyIn Daniel W. Smith & Henry Somers-Hall (eds.), The Cambridge companion to Deleuze, Cambridge University Press. 2012.In this paper, I want to look at Deleuze’s philosophical heritage in two different senses. In the first part of the paper, I explore his relationship to perhaps the most influential philosopher of the twentieth century, Martin Heidegger. Heidegger plays a central role in Deleuze’s early philosophy, and even when in his later collaborations with Guattari their explicit references to Heidegger are dismissive, Heidegger’s influence can clearly be detected, particularly in their critiques of other p…Read more
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30Deleuze's Difference and Repetition: An Edinburgh Philosophical GuideEdinburgh University Press. 2012.When students read Difference and Repetition for the first time, they face two main hurdles: the wide range of sources that Deleuze draws upon and his dense writing style. This Edinburgh Philosophical Guide helps students to negotiate these hurdles, taking them through the text step by step. It situates Deleuze within Continental philosophy more broadly and explains why he develops his philosophy in his unique way. Seasoned Deleuzians will also be interested in Somers-Hall's novel interpretation…Read more
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178Simon O'Sullivan and Stephen Zepke, eds. Deleuze, Guattari and the Production of the New Reviewed byPhilosophy in Review 30 (2): 124-126. 2010.
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220Deleuze and Merleau-Ponty: The Aesthetics of DifferenceSymposium 10 (1): 213-221. 2006.The purposes of this paper are, first, to show the importance within Deleuze's aesthetics of the notion of the Gestalt, conceived as a figure against a background, and second to show that recognizing the importance of this notion leads to a sympathy for themes in the work of Merleau-Ponty. After showing the motivations for Merleau-Ponty's adoption of the concept of the Gestalt, and its application within Eye and Mind, I wish to show that despite the similarities in their analyses Merleau-Ponty's…Read more
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264Throne of Blood and the Metaphysics of TragedyFilm-Philosophy 17 (1): 68-83. 2013.The aim of this paper is to explore the metaphysical foundations of Throne of Blood , Kurosawa's reworking of Shakespeare's Macbeth . Using Hegel's theory of tragedy, I develop the distinction between Greek and modern tragedy, with their differing bases in ethical and subjective freedom. I then show that Noh drama also includes a very different metaphysical account, stemming from its theoretical roots in Buddhism. I then use these three differing accounts (Greek, modern and Noh drama) to explore…Read more
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471Hegel and Deleuze on the metaphysical interpretation of the calculusContinental Philosophy Review 42 (4): 555-572. 2009.The aim of this paper is to explore the uses made of the calculus by Gilles Deleuze and G. W. F. Hegel. I show how both Deleuze and Hegel see the calculus as providing a way of thinking outside of finite representation. For Hegel, this involves attempting to show that the foundations of the calculus cannot be thought by the finite understanding, and necessitate a move to the standpoint of infinite reason. I analyse Hegel’s justification for this introduction of dialectical reason by looking at h…Read more
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