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Bell, Jeffrey A.,

Philosophy at the edge of chaos : Gilles Deleuze and the philosophy of difference / Gilles Deleuze and the philosophy of difference Jeffrey A. Bell. - 1 online resource (viii, 292 pages)

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-288) and index.

1. Systematic thinking and the philosophy of difference -- 2. Ironing out the differences : Nietzsche and Deleuze as Spinozists -- 3. Philosophizing the double bind : Deleuze reads Nietzsche -- Pharmakon -- Mimesis -- Thumos -- Critique without redemption -- 4. Thinking difference : Heidegger and Deleuze on Aristotle -- 5. Thinking and the loss of system : Derrida and Deleuze on Artaud -- 6. Rethinking system -- Whitehead -- Chaosmos and expression -- Dynamic systems -- Conclusion : philosophy at the edge of chaos.

Far from being a philosopher who turns his back on what is taken to be a mistaken metaphysical tradition, Bell argues that Deleuze is best understood as a thinker who endeavoured to continue the work of traditional metaphysics and philosophy.

ISBN: 9781442656819 (electronic bk.) 1442656816 (electronic bk.) 9781442633506 (electronic bk.) 1442633506 (electronic bk.)

Subjects--Personal Names:
Deleuze, Gilles.
Deleuze, Gilles.
Deleuze, Gilles, 1925-1995.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Difference (Philosophy)
Différence (Philosophie)
PHILOSOPHY--History & Surveys--Modern.
Difference (Philosophy)

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: B2430.D454 / B44 2006eb

Dewey Class. No.: 194