A Thousand Plateaus and Philosophy by Henry Somers-Hall
A collaborative close reading of 'A Thousand Plateaus' by some of the world's leading Deleuze and Guattari scholarsThis volume brings together a team of international specialists on Deleuze and Guattari to provide in-depth critical studies of each plateau of their major work, 'A Thousand Plateaus'. It combines an overview of the text with deep scholarship and brings a renewed focus on the philosophical significance of their project.'A Thousand Plateaus' represents a whole new way of doing philosophy. This collection supports the critical reception of Deleuze and Guattari's text as one of the most important and influential works of modern theory.Key FeaturesEmphasises the philosophical nature of 'A Thousand Plateaus'Provides detailed coverage of the text as a whole Brings together cutting edge research from some of the leading lights in scholarship on Deleuze and GuattariAn ideal companion to a plateau-by-plateau reading of Deleuze and Guattari's workContributorsMiguel de Beistegui, University of Warwick, UKJeffrey A. Bell, Southeastern Louisiana University, USARonald Bogue, University of Georgia, USARay Brassier, American University of Beirut, LebanonEugene W. Holland, Ohio State University, USAEmma Ingala, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, ItalySimon O'Sullivan, Goldsmiths, University of London, UKHelen Palmer, Kingston University London, UKPaul Patton, University of New South Wales, AustraliaJohn Protevi, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USADaniel W. Smith, Purdue University, USAHenry Somers-Hall, Royal Holloway, University of London, UKAudrey Wasser, Miami University, USANathan Widder, Royal Holloway, University of London, UKJames Williams, Deakin University, Australia
Henry Somers‑Hall is Professor of Philosophy at Royal Holloway, University of London. He has written extensively on Gilles Deleuze and the broader twentieth‑century French philosophical tradition. He is the author of Hegel, Deleuze and the Critique of Representation (SUNY Press, 2012), Deleuze’s Difference and Repetition (Edinburgh University Press, 2013) and Judgement and Sense in Modern French Philosophy (Cambridge University Press, 2022), and co‑editor (with Daniel W. Smith) of The Cambridge Companion to Deleuze (Cambridge University Press, 2012), (with Jeffrey A. Bell and James Williams) A Thousand Plateaus and Philosophy (Edinburgh University Press, 2018), and (with Jeffrey A. Bell) The Deleuzian Mind (Routledge, 2025). Jeffrey A. Bell is Professor of Philosophy at Southeastern Louisiana University. He has recently been a Leverhulme Trust Visiting Professor in Philosophy at Royal Holloway, University of London, during which time much of this book was written. He is the author of numerous books and articles on Deleuze and Deleuze and Guattari, including Deleuze and Guattari's What is Philosophy?: A Critical Introduction and Guide (Edinburgh University Press, 2016), Deleuze’s Hume (Edinburgh University Press, 2008), Philosophy at the Edge of Chaos (University of Toronto Press, 2006) and The Problem of Difference: Phenomenology and Poststructuralism (University of Toronto Press, 1998). Bell is co-editor with Paul Livingston and Andrew Cutrofello of Beyond the Analytic–Continental Divide: Pluralist Philosophy in the Twenty-First Century (Routledge, 2015) and with Claire Colebrook of Deleuze and History (Edinburgh University Press, 2009). James Williams is Honorary Professor of Philosophy and member of the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalization at Deakin University.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780748697281 |
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| Title | A Thousand Plateaus and Philosophy |
| Author | Henry Somers-Hall |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Edinburgh University Press |
| Year published | 2018-02-16 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
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