Although less of a public figure than many of his contemporaries, philosopher Gilles Deleuze was an important leader of twentieth-century thought. His life and philosophy were bound up in numerous fri
Why think? Not, according to Gilles Deleuze, in order to be clever, but because thinking transforms life. Why read literature? Not for pure entertainment, Deleuze tells us, but because literature can
Why think? Not, according to Gilles Deleuze, in order to be clever, but because thinking transforms life. Why read literature? Not for pure entertainment, Deleuze tells us, but because literature can
A rhizome may be broken, shattered at a given spot, but it will start up again on oneof its old lines, or on new lines. You can never get rid of ants because they form an animal rhizomethat can reboun
Explores the work of art through Proust's masterpiece, "A La Recherche du Temps Purdu". The author approaches the narrative of Proust's masterpiece, as the apprenticeship of a man of letters. His conc
In this daring essay inspired by Nietzsche, Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattariredefine the relation between the state and its war machine. Far from being a part of the state,warriers (the army) are nom
In this classic of critical thought, Deleuze and Guattari challenge conventional interpretations of Kafka’s work. Instead of exploring preexisting categories or literary genres, they propose a concept
Called by many France's leading intellectual, Gilles Deleuze is one of the most important philosophers in the Western world. His acclaimed works and celebrated collaborations with Felix Guattari have
Deleuze remains indifferent to the ambient pathos related to the end of metaphysics and compares the undertakings of destruction, overcoming and deconstruction of metaphysics with the gestures of murd
This collection examines an aspect of Gilles Deleuze’s thought that has largely been neglected, the question of whether Deleuze was a metaphysician. Answering this question may reveal the problematic