Deleuze's Bergsonism / / Craig Lundy.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2019
• VerfasserIn: Lundy, Craig,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2019
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Critical Introductions and Guides : CIG
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (192 p.) :; 3 B/W illustrations

The first book dedicated to Gilles Deleuze's seminal study of Henri Bergson's philosophyHenri Bergson is widely accepted as one of the most significant thinkers for Gilles Deleuze’s work. It is also frequently noted that Deleuze is largely responsible for having revived and contoured the prevailing interest in Bergson’s work. Craig Lundy gives readers of Deleuze and Bergson an opportunity to discover and fully connect with an encounter that continues to exert enormous influence over the course of contemporary thought.Key FeaturesProvides a critical analysis of Deleuze’s engagement with Bergson, situating it within the broader trajectory of Bergson’s 20th–21st century receptionExplains the origin of concepts central to Deleuze’s work, such as multiplicity and the virtualDemonstrates in detail how the various components of Deleuze’s Bergsonism work together to create a productive and progressively emergent whole"

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 The Method of Intuition -- 2 Duration and Multiplicity -- 3 Memory and the Virtual -- 4 Dualism or Monism? -- 5 The Élan Vital and Differentiation -- Notes -- Note -- Index