Dialogues II (Revised)

French journalist Claire Parnet's famous dialogues with Gilles Deleuze offer an intimate portrait of the philosopher's life and thought. Conversational in tone, their engaging discussions delve deeply into Deleuze's philosophical background and development, the major concepts that shaped his work, and the essence of some of his famous relationships, especially his long collaboration with the philosopher Félix Guattari. Deleuze reconsiders Spinoza, empiricism, and the stoics alongside literature, psychoanalysis, and politics. He returns to the notions of minor literature, deterritorialization, the critical and clinical, and begins a nascent study of cinema. New to this edition is Deleuze's essay "Pericles and Verdi," which reflects on politics and historical materialism in the work of the influential French philosopher François Châtelet. An enduring record of Deleuze's unique personality and profound contributions to culture and philosophy, Dialogues II is a highly personable account of the evolution of one of the greatest critics and theorists of the twentieth century.

Author: Gilles Deleuze, Claire Parnet
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 04/24/2007
Pages: 192
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.50w x 0.50d
ISBN13: 9780231141352
ISBN10: 0231141351
BISAC Categories:
- Foreign Language Study | French

About the Author
Gilles Deleuze (1925-1995) was professor of philosophy at the University of Paris, Vincennes-St. Denis. He wrote several seminal philosophical works, including Difference and Repetition and Proust and Signs, and, with Félix Guattari, Anti-Oedipus, What Is Philosophy?, and A Thousand Plateaus.Clare Parnet is a philosopher and journalist living in France.