Between Deleuze and Derrida (Paperback)

~ Paul Patton (Editor), John Protevi (Editor)
Key Phrases: relative deterritorialisation, immediate duality, long perversion, Thousand Plateaus, The Beginnings of Thought, The Logic of Sense (more...)

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Gilles Deleuze and Jacques Derrida are the two leading philosophers of French post-structuralism. Both theorists have been widely studied but very little has been done to examine the relation between them. Between Deleuze and Derrida is the first book to explore and compares their work. This is done via a number of key themes, including the philosophy of difference, language, memory, time, event, and love, as well as relating these themes to their respective approaches to Philosophy, Literature, Politics and Mathematics.

Contributors:
Eric Alliez, Branka Arsic, Gregg Lambert, Leonard Lawlor, Alphonso Lingis, Tamsin Lorraine, Jeff Nealon, Paul Patton, Arkady Plotnitsky, John Protevi, Daniel W. Smith

About the Author

Editors: Paul Patton is Professor of Philosophy at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. John Protevi is Assistant Professor in the Department of French Studies at Louisiana State University, USA.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Continuum (May 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0826459730
• ISBN-13: 978-0826459732
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,552,254 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Derrida, Deleuze and their Difference, January 2, 2006

By	Panayotis ZAMAROS (Switzerland) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Paul Patton and John Protevi have provided us with a collection of studies which not only constitutes a promising starting point for comparing and contrasting the thought of Derrida and Deleuze, but also with fertile ground for further (re)search on the issues raised.

If Derrida and Deleuze appear to be strangers - despite having lived in Paris, it is because, as Agamben has claimed, they seem to be following two unlike intellectual trajectories, namely, that of "transcendence" with Derrida - and Levinas, and that of "immanence" with Deleuze - and Nietzsche, a tradition going back to Spinoza. Despite their differences, they both seem concerned with developing a non-Hegelian philosophy of difference, that is, a non-dialectical difference.

It is around such discussions that the collection is organized. In particular, Patton explores the ethico-political orientation with respect of the future with emphasis on the open construction of "future"; Lorraine further explores conceptualizations of "time" in Derrida and Deleuze. Smith follows Agamben's thesis and provides additional evidence, a claim that Lawlor skillfully counters. Alliez explores ways Plato has been understood by Derrida in 'Plato's Pharmacy' and Deleuze in 'Plato and the Simulacrum'. Plotnitsky identifies a common mathematical reference and inspiration although Derrida's approach is algebraic and Deleuze's is primarily geometric. With Lambert the concern is literature and re-presentation, a theme equally discussed by Arsic with reference to Melville. Nealon exposes the developments and inspirations found in cultural studies with an emphasis on the non-coincidence between language and that which it signifies, which Lingis sees as an opportunity to escape from interpretation. The closing paper by Protevi explores the notion "experience" in relation to "love": 'love as experience of aporia for Derrida' v. 'love as exercise in depersonalization for Deleuze' (p. 13).

Overall, a very important contribution to discussions surrounding Derrida and Deleuze, that is well edited and accessible.