The Signature of the World focuses on one of the most influential works of contemporary philosophy: What is Philosophy? by Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari, their last joint work after Anti-Oedipus and A Thousand Plateaus. It sets What is Philosophy? in the context of earlier work by the two thinkers and, in a manner sure to challenge and provoke, juxtaposes it to the work of ...(展开全部)

The Signature of the World focuses on one of the most influential works of contemporary philosophy: What is Philosophy? by Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari, their last joint work after Anti-Oedipus and A Thousand Plateaus. It sets What is Philosophy? in the context of earlier work by the two thinkers and, in a manner sure to challenge and provoke, juxtaposes it to the work of ...(展开全部)

Miguel de Beistegui identifies the impetus and driving force behind Deleuze's philosophy and its concepts. By returning Deleuze's thought to its source--or, following Deleuze's own vocabulary, to what he calls the event of that thought--Beistegui extracts its inner consistency: immanence. Chapters dealing with the status of thought itself, ontology, logic, ethics, and aesthetic...(展开全部)

Miguel de Beistegui identifies the impetus and driving force behind Deleuze's philosophy and its concepts. By returning Deleuze's thought to its source--or, following Deleuze's own vocabulary, to what he calls the event of that thought--Beistegui extracts its inner consistency: immanence. Chapters dealing with the status of thought itself, ontology, logic, ethics, and aesthetic...(展开全部)

In attempting to answer the question posed by this book's title, Giorgio Agamben does not address the idea of philosophy itself. Rather, he turns to the apparently most insignificant of its components: the phonemes, letters, syllables, and words that come together to make up the phrases and ideas of philosophical discourse. A summa, of sorts, of Agamben's thought, the book cons...(展开全部)

Called by many France's foremost philosopher, Gilles Deleuze is one of the leading thinkers in the Western World. His acclaimed works and celebrated collaborations with Félix Guattari have established him as a seminal figure in the fields of literary criticism and philosophy. The long-awaited publication of What is Philosophy? in English marks the culmination of Deleuze's caree...(展开全部)

A work powerful and pervading in its implications not only for metaphysics but also for art, political science, and the philosophy of history.

Called by many France's foremost philosopher, Gilles Deleuze is one of the leading thinkers in the Western World. His acclaimed works and celebrated collaborations with Félix Guattari have established him as a seminal figure in the fields of literary criticism and philosophy. The long-awaited publication of What is Philosophy? in English marks the culmination of Deleuze's caree...(展开全部)

In attempting to answer the question posed by this book's title, Giorgio Agamben does not address the idea of philosophy itself. Rather, he turns to the apparently most insignificant of its components: the phonemes, letters, syllables, and words that come together to make up the phrases and ideas of philosophical discourse. A summa, of sorts, of Agamben's thought, the book cons...(展开全部)