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Difference and Repetition

By Gilles Deleuze
Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism
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Difference and Repetition offers a brilliant critique of identity and Western metaphysics, introducing the pivotal concepts of pure difference and complex repetition. Deleuze explores how difference involves divergence and decentring while repetition encompasses displacement and disguise, marking a significant shift in French philosophy from Hegel and Marx towards Nietzsche and Freud.
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Difference and Repetition is ideal for advanced students, scholars, and readers with a serious interest in contemporary philosophy, literary theory, and critical theory, especially those exploring post-structuralist thought and metaphysics.

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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.

Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism

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This long-overdue translation is a skillful presentation of one of Deleuze's most original works, marking a key moment in the development of 20th-century French philosophy. The text challenges the philosophy of representation and constructs a metaphysics of difference beyond traditional identity logic. Though difficult, it stands as a classic and foundational work in contemporary European philosophy.

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ISBN: 9780231081597

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 18 May 1995

Country: United States

Imprint: Columbia University Press

Contributors:

  • Translated by Paul Patton

Audience: Professional and scholarly

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Pages: 350

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About the Author

Gilles Deleuze, one of France's leading philosophers, was Profesor of Philosophy at the University de Paris VIII until his retirement in 1987. His other works include What is Philosophy? andThe Logic of Sense, both published by Columbia University Press.

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