Bergson-Deleuze Encounters: Transcendental Experience and the Thought of the Virtual (Suny Series Contemporary French Thought) (SUNY Series in Contemporary French Thought) [Paperback]

Valentine Moulard-Leonard (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1, 2009 | ISBN-10: 0791475328 | ISBN-13: 978-0791475324

Explores the continuities and discontinuities in the work of Henri Bergson and Gilles Deleuze.

--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

Bergson-Deleuze Encounters sheds light on the intricate bond between French philosophers Henri Bergson and Gilles Deleuze. It explores the major diffraction between the two thinkers, conveys a sense of the irreducible originality of Deleuze's thought, and offers a detailed account of Bergson's "Copernican Revolution." In so doing, it presents an explanation of thought and experience that contrasts with the dominant account of the phenomenological tradition. Valentine Moulard-Leonard argues that Bergson and Deleuze share a novel conception of the transcendental--which they call the Virtual--that marks a new era in thinking, in which what is ultimately at stake is a new vision of time, experience, and materiality. The Virtual provides an indispensable alternative to the totalizing systems spawned by the traditional transcendent image of thought--be they systems of idealism, scientific positivism, nationalism, racism, sexism, or dogmatism.

"The relationship between Bergson's and Deleuze's works has yet to be explored fully, and the author makes a strong case for a fundamental continuity in their thought. Her focus on them as advocates of a post-Kantian philosophy of transcendental experience brings to the fore the fundamental ontological and epistemological dimensions of their thought." -- Ronald Bogue, author of Deleuze's Wake: Tributes and Tributaries

--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

About the Author

Valentine Moulard-Leonard is an independent scholar living in Memphis, Tennessee. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 210 pages
• Publisher: State University of New York Press (July 1, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0791475328
• ISBN-13: 978-0791475324
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #781,774 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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