Gilles Deleuze and the Theater of Philosophy: Critical Essays

Gilles Deleuze: The Intensive Reduction Brings Together Eighteen Essays Written By An Internationally Acclaimed Team Of Scholars To Provide A Comprehensive Overview Of The Work Of Gilles Deleuze, One Of The Most Important And Influential European Thinkers Of The Twentieth Century. Each Essay Addresses A Central Issue In Deleuzeʹs Philosophy (and That Of His Regular Co-author, Félix Guattari) That Remains To This Day Controversial And Unsettled. Since Deleuzeʹs Death In 1994, The Technical Aspects Of His Philosophy Have Been Largely Neglected. These Essays Address That Gap In The Existing Scholarship By Focusing On His Contribution To Philosophy. Each Contributor Advances The Discussion Of A Contested Point In The Philosophy Of Deleuze To Shed New Light On As Yet Poorly-understood Problems And To Stimulate New And Vigorous Exchanges Regarding His Relationship To Philosophy, Schizoanlysis, His Aesthetic, Ethical And Political Thought. He Stuttered / Gilles Deleuze -- Difference And Unity In Gilles Deleuze / Todd May -- Gilles Deleuze, The Fold : Leibnitz And The Baroque / Alain Badiou -- The Crack Of Time And The Ideal Game / Peter Canning -- Deleuze: Serialization And Subject-formation / Constantin V. Boundas -- Nietzsche's Dice Throw : Tragedy, Nihilism, And The Body Without Organs / Dorothea Olkowski -- Anti-platonism And Art / Paul Patton -- Toward A New Nomadism : Feminist Deleuzian Tracks; Or, Metaphysics And Metabolism / Rosi Braidotti -- A Thousand Tiny Sexes : Feminism And Rhizomatics / Elizabeth Grosz -- On The Concept Of Minor Literature : From Kafka To Kateb Yacine / Reda Bensmaia -- Francis Bacon : The Logic Of Sensation / Dana Polan -- The Cinema, Reader Of Gilles Deleuze / Marie-claire Ropars-wuilleumier -- Cartography Of The Year 1000 : Variations Of A Thousand Plateaus / Jean-clet Martin -- The Society Of Dismembered Body Parts / Alphonso Lingis. Edited By Constantin V. Boundas And Dorothea Olkowski. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 305-336) And Index.