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Difference and Repetition Revised Edition
Contributor(s): Deleuze, Gilles (Author), Patton, Paul (Translator)

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 ISBN: 0231081588     ISBN-13: 9780231081580
Publisher: Columbia University Press
OUR PRICE: $110.25  

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: May 1994
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Annotation: Difference and Repetition, a brilliant exposition of the critique of identity, has come to be considered a contemporary classic in philosophy and one of Deleuze's most original works. Successfully defended in 1969 as Deleuze's main thesis toward his Doctorat d'Etat at the Sorbonne, the work has been central in initiating the shift in French thought away from Hegel and Marx, towards Nietzsche and Freud. The text follows the development of two central concepts, those of pure difference and complex repetition. It shows how the two concepts are related - difference implying divergence and decentering, and repetition implying displacement and disguising. In its explication the work moves deftly between Hegel, Kierkegaard, Freud, Althusser, and Nietzsche to establish a fundamental critique of Western metaphysics. Difference and Repetition has become essential to the work of literary critics and philosophers alike, and this translation his been long awaited.

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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Philosophy | Metaphysics
- Philosophy | Movements - Deconstruction
Dewey: 194
LCCN: 93041815
Age Level: 22-UP
Grade Level: 17-UP
Series: European Perspectives: A Social Thought and Cultural Criticism
Physical Information: 1.08" H x 6.42" W x 9.51" L (1.60 lbs) 350 pages
Features: Bibliography, Index
 
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This brilliant exposition of the critique of identity is a classic in contemporary philosophy and one of Deleuze's 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.
 
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