Isolated Experiences: Gilles Deleuze & the Solitudes of Reversed Platoni (Suny Series in Contemporary Continental Philosophy) [Paperback]

James Brusseau (Author)

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• Paperback: 246 pages
• Publisher: State University of New York Press (January 29, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0791436721
• ISBN-13: 978-0791436721
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A fair introduction to Deleuze's independent works, November 2, 1999

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This review is from: Isolated Experiences: Gilles Deleuze & the Solitudes of Reversed Platoni (Suny Series in Contemporary Continental Philosophy) (Paperback)

I had a much different reaction to Brusseau's text than the previous reviewer did. Brusseau's text provides an excellent introduction to the works of middle Deleuze such as _The Logic of Sense_ and _Difference and Repetition_. While most Deleuze scholarship tends to place its emphasis on _A Thousand Plateaus_, Brusseau instead opts to develop Deleuze's account of events and apply them to various literary texts. The result of this analysis is a clear, albeit problematic, articulation of Deleuze's account of incorporeal transformations as they effectuate themselves upon bodies and create new possibilities for living and acting. For anyone interested in the Deleuze of _The Logic of Sense_-- A key text for comprehending what's going on in "Postulates of Linguistics" along with their use of Hjelmslevian content and expression in ATP --and the role that Nietzsche's eternal return plays in Deleuze's thought, Brusseau's text is a must read.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Reading, May 20, 2005

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This review is from: Isolated Experiences: Gilles Deleuze & the Solitudes of Reversed Platoni (Suny Series in Contemporary Continental Philosophy) (Paperback)

As we approach the end of the semester, the question concerning
independent reading arises. I always recommend that my students read
Ronald Bogue's Deleuze and Guattari to get clearly elaborated information on Deleuze and Guattari, and James Brusseau's Isolated Experience to see how Deleuze's philosophy can be actualized. Bogue's text was the first, if memory serves, in the English language to lay out the basic tenets of Deleuze and Guattari's thought and it remains, to my mind, the most informative and helpful. Perhaps part of the reason for its clarity is that it was written while the subject was nearly entirely undeveloped. Bogue enjoyed, consequently, a certain freedom to explain his subject in his own highly clear language. Brusseau's is the most innovative and thoughtful English-language book on Deleuze I've encountered. He demonstrates how one may strike out on a path within the realm of Deleuze's philosophical difference, and his book's final chapter on solitude is quite memorable and moving.

1 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars minus 10 stars; author knows nothing of Deleuze, March 24, 1999

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This review is from: Isolated Experiences: Gilles Deleuze & the Solitudes of Reversed Platoni (Suny Series in Contemporary Continental Philosophy) (Paperback)

I am stunned that the book was published by a University press. I stopped reading it; the book was that dreadful! The author seems incapable of understanding Deleuze, although he could comprehend Michael Hardt. Furthermore, the author is anti-Deleuze--a fact that the title disguises.