The Priority of Events: Deleuze's Logic of Sense

An incisive analysis of Deleuze's philosophy of eventsSean Bowden shows how the Deleuzian event should be understood in terms of the broader metaphysical thesis that substances are ontologically secondary with respect to events. He achieves this through a reconstruction of Deleuze's relation to the history of thought from the Stoics through to Simondon, taking account of Leibniz, Lautman, structuralism and psychoanalysis along the way.This exciting new reading of Deleuze focuses firmly on his approach to events. Bowden also examines and clarifies a number of Deleuze's most difficult philosophical concepts, including sense, problematic Ideas and intensive individuation, and engages with material by Lautman and Simondon that has not yet been translated into English.

Author: Sean Bowden
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Published: 08/16/2011
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.92lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9780748643646
ISBN10: 0748643648
BISAC Categories:
- Philosophy | Movements | Deconstruction
- Philosophy | Epistemology

About the Author

Sean Bowden is Alfred Deakin Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Deakin University.