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Loading... Philosophy at the Edge of Chaos: Gilles Deleuze and the Philosophy of Difference (Toronto Studies in Philosophy)by Jeffrey A. Bell
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Far from being a philosopher who turns his back on what is taken to be a mistaken metaphysical tradition, Bell argues that Deleuze is best understood as a thinker who endeavoured to continue the work of traditional metaphysics and philosophy. No library descriptions found. |
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This is an interesting read to see how thought has moved away from typically Cartesian Enlightenment ideals to a more subtle, nuanced, and dynamic philosophy shifting away from identity and into...well, something more true to the movements and fluxes of life-as-lived. The movement from Whitehead's process philosophy into Deleuze's mature thought was almost worth the read in itself (playing to my interest in the dynamic and the chaotic).
The concepts here are not especially light material, but for those motivated (and entertained by such) there is a wealth of ideas to play with, particularly in the area of how stability and order can emerge from a mess of chaos. ( )