Bergson-Deleuze Encounters by Valentine Moulard-Leonard

Bergson-Deleuze Encounters by Valentine Moulard-Leonard

Bergson-Deleuze Encounters sheds light on the intricate bond between French philosophers Henri Bergson and Gilles Deleuze. It explores the major diffraction between the two thinkers, conveys a sense of the irreducible originality of Deleuze's thought, and offers a detailed account of Bergson's Copernican Revolution. In so doing, it presents an explanation of thought and experience that contrasts with the dominant account of the phenomenological tradition. Valentine Moulard-Leonard argues that Bergson and Deleuze share a novel conception of the transcendental--which they call the Virtual--that marks a new era in thinking, in which what is ultimately at stake is a new vision of time, experience, and materiality. The Virtual provides an indispensable alternative to the totalizing systems spawned by the traditional transcendent image of thought--be they systems of idealism, scientific positivism, nationalism, racism, sexism, or dogmatism.

"The relationship between Bergson's and Deleuze's works has yet to be explored fully, and the author makes a strong case for a fundamental continuity in their thoughtHer focus on them as advocates of a post-Kantian philosophy of transcendental experience brings to the fore the fundamental ontological and epistemological dimensions of their thought." — Ronald Bogue, author of Deleuze's Wake: Tributes and Tributaries

Valentine Moulard-Leonard is an independent scholar living in Memphis, Tennessee.

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ISBN 13	9780791475317
ISBN 10	079147531X
Title	Bergson-Deleuze Encounters
Author	Valentine Moulard-Leonard
Series	Suny Series In Contemporary French Thought
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	State University of New York Press
Year published	2008-08-07
Number of pages	208
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