The Deleuze-Lucretius Encounter (Plateaus - New Directions in Deleuze Studies)

Johnson, Ryan J.

Edinburgh University Press（2018/02発売）

Edinburgh University Press（2018/02発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 288 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781474432306
• DDC分類 194

Full Description

Explores how Deleuze's thought was shaped by Lucretian atomism a formative but often-ignored influence from ancient philosophyMore than any other 20th-century philosopher, Deleuze considers himself an apprentice to the history of philosophy. But scholarship has ignored one of the more formative influences on Deleuze: Lucretian atomism. Deleuze's encounter with Lucretius sparked a way of thinking that resonates throughout all his writings: from immanent ontology to affirmative ethics, from dynamic materialism to the generation of thought itself. Filling a significant gap in Deleuze Studies, Ryan J. Johnson tells the story of the Deleuze-Lucretius encounter that begins and ends with a powerful claim: Lucretian atomism produced Deleuzianism.

Contents

Introduction

Deleuze and the adventure of ideas
The atomic idea
Differentiation, individuation, dramatisation, and actualisation
The encounter in sense and thought
Ethics in the Garden of Epicurus

Conclusion: The encounterBibliography