Deleuze's "Difference and Repetition": A Reader's Guide (Reader's Guides)

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This is a Reader's Guide to arguably Deleuze's most demanding work and a key text in modern European thought.Gilles Deleuze is without question one of the most influential thinkers of the twentieth century. "Difference and Repetition" is a classic work of contemporary philosophy and a key text in Deleuze's oeuvre, a brilliant exposition of the critique of identity that develops two key concepts: pure difference and complex repetition. "Deleuze's 'Difference and Repetition': A Reader's Guide" offers a concise and accessible introduction to this hugely important and yet notoriously demanding work. Written specifically to meet the needs of students coming to Deleuze for the first time, the book offers guidance on: Philosophical and historical context; Key themes; Reading the text; Reception and influence; And, further reading."Continuum Reader's Guides" are clear, concise and accessible introductions to key texts in literature and philosophy. Each book explores the themes, context, criticism and influence of key works, providing a practical introduction to close reading, guiding students towards a thorough understanding of the text. They provide an essential, up-to-date resource, ideal for undergraduate students. Contents Acknowledgements Note on the Citations Abbreviations 1. Context: Kant Meets Husserl Representation: Quality and Extensity Kant’s Two Critiques Genetic Phenomenology Transcendental Empiricism 2. Overview of Themes Representing the World: The Other-Structure Free Indirect Discourse History and Language 3. Reading the Text Section 1. The Introduction: Repetition and Difference The Secret Subject Conduct and Law False Movement The Blocked Concept Conclusion Section 2. Difference in Itself Individuating Difference Deleuze and Hegel Ontological Difference Univocity Eternal Return and the Will to Power Section 3. Critical and Dogmatic Images of Thought Postulates Reduction Dynamic Genesis: The Doctrine of the Faculties Static Genesis: The Actualization of Sense Section 4. The Three Passive Syntheses Husserl, Kant and Heidegger The Formal Structure of Chapter Two Sensibility: Material Discontinuity Imagination: The First Synthesis Memory: The Second Synthesis Virtuality and the Problem Thought: The Third Synthesis Eternal Return and the Ideal Synthesis of Difference Section 5. The Ideal Synthesis of Difference Differential Calculus? Ideas and the Passive Syntheses Virtual Multiplicities The Other Half of the Object Ideas as Rules Actualization The Schematism: Spatio-temporal Dynamism Section 6. The Asymmetrical Synthesis Intensity Passive Synthesis Active Synthesis Individuation and Actualization Section 7. Representation and Repetition The Other-Structure Summary of the Genesis 4. Reception and Influence Notes Bibliography Index A B C D F G H J K L M N P R S T W