{"product_id":"deleuze-the-dark-precursor-eleanor-kaufman-9781421405896","title":"Deleuze, the Dark Precursor: Dialectic, Structure, Being","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA thoughtful and original analysis of the writings of influential French philosopher Gilles Deleuze.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGilles Deleuze is considered one of the most important French philosophers of the twentieth century. Eleanor Kaufman situates Deleuze in relation to others of his generation, such as Jean-Paul Sartre, Pierre Klossowski, Maurice Blanchot, and Claude Lévi-Strauss, and she engages the provocative readings of Deleuze by Alain Badiou and Slavoj Zizek.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDeleuze, The Dark Precursor\u003c\/i\u003e is organized around three themes that critically overlap: dialectic, structure, and being. Kaufman argues that Deleuze's work is deeply concerned with these concepts, even when he advocates for the seemingly opposite notions of univocity, nonsense, and becoming. By drawing on scholastic thought and reading somewhat against the grain, Kaufman suggests that these often-maligned themes allow for a nuanced, even positive reflection on apparently negative states of being, such as extreme inertia. This attention to the negative or minor category has implications that extend beyond philosophy and into feminist theory, film, American studies, anthropology, and architecture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Eleanor Kaufman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 142140589X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781421405896\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.80d","brand":"Eleanor Kaufman","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48065556578559,"sku":"9781421405896","price":65.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6a9e16b6-3ff3-41d8-b3f4-94b424138db8.jpg?v=1768675751","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/deleuze-the-dark-precursor-eleanor-kaufman-9781421405896","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}