European Philosophy - General & Miscellaneous, Jewish Philosophy

Expressionism in Philosophy:spinoza

Name: Expressionism in Philosophy:spinoza
Author: Deleuze
ISBN: 9780942299502

by Deleuze

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Overview

Expressionism in Philosophy is both a pivotal reading of Spinoza's work and also a crucial text within the development of Deleuze's own thought. It was the culmination of a series of monographic studies by Deleuze (on Hume, Bergson, Nietzsche, Proust, Kant, and Sacher-Masoch), and it prepared the transition from these abstract treatments of historical schemes of experience to the nomadology of Capitalism and Schizophrenia.

In this extraordinary work, Deleuze reflects on one of the thinkers of the past who most influenced his own sweeping reconfiguration of the tasks of philosophy. For Deleuze, Spinoza, along with Nietzsche and Lucretius, conceived of philosophy as an enterprise of liberation and radical demystification.

Gilles Deleuze is Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at the University of Paris VIII, Vincennes/Saint Denis.

About the Author, Deleuze

Gilles Deleuze (1925-1995) was Professor of Philosophy at the University of Paris VIII,Vincennes/Saint Denis. He published 25 books, including five in collaboration with Félix Guattari.