Deleuze Beyond Badiou: Ontology, Multiplicity, and Event (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780231162692)

First published in 1997, Alain Badiou's Deleuze: The Clamor of Being cast Gilles Deleuze as a secret philosopher of the One. In this work, Clayton Crockett rehabilitates Deleuze's position within contemporary political and philosophical thought, advancing an original reading of the thinker's major works and a constructive conception of his philosophical ontology. Through close readings of Deleuze's Difference and Repetition, Capitalism and Schizophrenia (with Felix Guattari), and Cinema 2, Crockett argues that Deleuze is anything but the austere, quietistic, and aristocratic intellectual Badiou had portrayed. Instead, Crockett underscores Deleuze's radical aesthetics and innovative scientific, political, and mathematical forms of thought. He also refutes the notion Deleuze retreated from politics toward the end of his life. Using Badiou's critique as a foil, Crockett maintains the profound continuity of Deleuze's work and builds a general interpretation of his more obscure formulations.

Author: Clayton Crockett
ISBN-10: 0231162693
ISBN-13: 9780231162692
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Language: English
Published: 01/22/2013
Pages: 232
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.58lbs
Size: 8.28h x 5.55w x 0.42d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 10/01/2013