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The Priority of Events. Deleuze's Logic of Sense.
Dr. Sean Bowden
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This is a radical interpretation of Deleuze's Logic of Sense. It focuses on Deleuze's concept of events and brings Deleuze's work into relation with the traditions of process philosophy and American pragmatism. Series: Plateaus - New Directions in Deleuze Studies. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 584.
Sean Bowden shows you how the Deleuzian event should be understood in terms of the broader metaphysical thesis that fixed things or substances are always secondary with respect to events. He achieves this through a reconstruction of Deleuze's relation to the history of thought from the Stoics through to Simondon, taking account of Leibniz, Lautman, structuralism and psychoanalysis along the way. Key features: * Focuses on Deleuze's concept of events and highlights the philosophical richness of The Logic of Sense * Engages with material by Lautman and Simondon that has not yet been translated into English * Examines and clarifies ... Read more
Sean Bowden shows you how the Deleuzian event should be understood in terms of the broader metaphysical thesis that fixed things or substances are always secondary with respect to events. He achieves this through a reconstruction of Deleuze's relation to the history of thought from the Stoics through to Simondon, taking account of Leibniz, Lautman, structuralism and psychoanalysis along the way. Key features: * Focuses on Deleuze's concept of events and highlights the philosophical richness of The Logic of Sense * Engages with material by Lautman and Simondon that has not yet been translated into English * Examines and clarifies ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Series
Plateaus - New Directions in Deleuze Studies
Number of Pages
304
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780748643592
SKU
V9780748643592
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About Dr. Sean Bowden
Sean Bowden lectures in philosophy at Deakin University and is a Research Fellow in the Philosophy Program at La Trobe University. He is the co-editor of the collection Badiou and Philosophy, forthcoming with Edinburgh University Press, and has published a number of articles on Gilles Deleuze, Alain Badiou and Gilbert Simondon.
Reviews for The Priority of Events. Deleuze's Logic of Sense.
This is a wide-ranging and penetrating study of one of Deleuze's most important works. A superb book.
Daniel W. Smith, Purdue University This is a wide-ranging and penetrating study of one of Deleuze's most important works. A superb book.
Daniel W. Smith, Purdue University This is a wide-ranging and penetrating study of one of Deleuze's most important works. A superb book.