{"product_id":"deleuzes-foucault-christopher-penfield-9781399530095","title":"Deleuze's Foucault: A Virtual Force Ontology","description":"\u003cp\u003eChristopher Penfield illuminates the philosophical encounter between Gilles Deleuze and Michel Foucault, developing the first systematic treatment of Deleuze's book \u003ci\u003eFoucault\u003c\/i\u003e, originally published in 1986. Using the full spectrum of Foucault's primary texts, as well as new insights and analysis from Deleuze's recently translated and published seminars on Foucault, Penfield identifies and elaborates the two thinkers' shared philosophy of force as the novel conceptual framework of 'virtual force ontology.' \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor the field of Foucault studies, where Foucault still meets with misunderstanding, Penfield clarifies and motivates the demanding, highly abstract portrait of Foucault that Deleuze offers; and in demonstrating Deleuze's philosophical reconstruction, unlocks unrealized aspects of Foucault's thought. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor students as well as scholars of Deleuze, Penfield establishes the unique place and importance of Foucault in Deleuze's oeuvre, illuminating the fundamental impact of Foucault on Deleuze and the 'common cause' (Deleuze) that shaped the course of their mutually transformative philosophical relationship.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christopher Penfield\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1399530097\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781399530095\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Edinburgh University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/31\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Christopher Penfield","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48217851658495,"sku":"9781399530095","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6b13801c-13c2-4057-8bbd-6c234fbf7c8f.jpg?v=1771999860","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/deleuzes-foucault-christopher-penfield-9781399530095","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}