Difference and Repetition

This brilliant exposition of the critique of identity is a classic in contemporary philosophy and one of Deleuzes most important works. Of fundamental importance to literary critics and philosophers, Difference and Repetition develops two central concepts--pure difference and complex repetition--and shows how the two concepts are related. While difference implies divergence and decentering, repetition is associated with displacement and disguising. Central in initiating the shift in French thought away from Hegel and Marx toward Nietzsche and Freud, Difference and Repetition moves deftly to establish a fundamental critique of Western metaphysics.

List of contents

Translator's Preface Preface to the English Edition Preface Introduction: Repetition and Difference Chapter 1 Difference in Itself Chapter 2 Repetition for Itself Chapter 3 The Image of Thought Chapter 4 Ideas and the Synthesis of Difference Chapter 5 Asymmetrical Synthesis of the Sensible Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Gilles Deleuze, Deleuze Gilles
• Assisted by: Paul Patton (Translation), Patton Paul (Translation)
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.04.1994
• EAN: 9780231081580
• ISBN: 978-0-231-08158-0
• No. of pages: 350
• Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism; European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology