Gilles Deleuze: Affirmation in Philosophy
Why does knowledge of philosophy presuppose knowledge of reality? What are the characters in Deleuze's theatre and philosophy? How are his famous metaphysical distinctions secondary to the concept of philosophy as practice and politics? These qu
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Gilles Deleuze: Affirmation in Philosophy
Jay Conway
© Jay Conway 2010 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2010 978-0-230-27658-1 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6-10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The author has asserted his right to be identified as the author of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2010 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Palgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan in the US is a division of St Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-32523-8 ISBN 978-0-230-29908-5 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9780230299085 This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. Logging, pulping and manufacturing processes are expected to conform to the environmental regulations of the country of origin. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Conway, Jay, 1971– Gilles Deleuze : affirmation in philosophy / Jay Conway. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Deleuze, Gilles, 1925–1995. I. Title. B2430.D454C69 2010 194—dc22 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10
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For my parents, Jean Elizabeth Falls and John Turner Conway
Contents Acknowledgments
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Introduction
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Part I Deleuze and Systematic Philosophy 1 The shape of systematic philosophy 2 Deleuze’s slogan of the middle 3 The middle as becoming 4 Deleuze’s problem, differential, or abstract machine 4.1 The thought of incommensurability 4.2 The place of critique 4.3 Rethinking identity and difference 4.4 The social as site of invention 4.5 The body as site of creativity and risk
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Part II Theatre of Operations 35 1 The exclusive disjunctive synthesis of professional philosophy 37 1.1 The average post-structuralist, the average postmodernist 38 1.2 The average continental philosopher 42 2 Affirmative philosophy 44 3 Three conceptual personae: the Anglo-American philosopher, the French philosopher, and the logician 48 4 The philosopher, the artist, the scientist,
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