Description
Gilles Deleuze, the person and philosopher, was both singular and multifaceted. Frida Beckman traces Deleuze's remarkable intellectual journey, mapping the encounters from which his life and work emerged. She considers how his life and philosophical developments resonate with historical, political and philosophical events, from the Second World War to the student uprisings in the 1960s, the opening of the experimental University of Paris VIII and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Although less of a public figure than many of his contemporaries, Deleuze's life and philosophy are bound up with his numerous friendships, collaborations and disputes with several of the period's most influential thinkers, as well as his connections with writers, artists and film scholars. Beckman considers the events, moods and intensities that were generated by this multiplicity of encounters throughout his life. The book follows Deleuze from the salons to which he was invited as a young student through his popularity as a young teacher to the development of the rich phases of his philosophical work.While resisting the idea of 'Deleuzians', the book also reviews a post-Deleuzian legacy and the influence of this extraordinary thinker on contemporary philosophy.
About the Author
Frida Beckman is Associate Professor at the Department of English, Stockholm University, Sweden. She is the author of Culture Control Critique: Allegories of Reading the Present (2016) and Between Desire and Pleasure: A Deleuzian Theory of Sexuality (2013) and editor of Deleuze and Sex (2011).
Reviews
'Beckman draws from a stunning array of primary and secondary texts, interviews, and letters to offer a skillful and faithful study.' - Charles W. Stivale, Distinguished Professor of French at Wayne State University 'Beckman skillfully weaves together a narrative that moves between Deleuze's life and what he called "a life". Along the way, many of Deleuze's most important concepts are clarified and critically analyzed in a way that will make this Critical Life both a valuable resource for scholars and an excellent introduction to his life and work.' - Alan D. Schrift, F. Wendell Miller Professor of Philosophy, Grinnell College
Book Information
ISBN 9781780237312
Author Frida Beckman
Format Paperback
Page Count 224
Imprint Reaktion Books
Publisher Reaktion Books
About the Author
Frida Beckman is Associate Professor at the Department of English, Stockholm University, Sweden. She is the author of Culture Control Critique: Allegories of Reading the Present (2016) and Between Desire and Pleasure: A Deleuzian Theory of Sexuality (2013) and editor of Deleuze and Sex (2011).
Reviews
'Beckman draws from a stunning array of primary and secondary texts, interviews, and letters to offer a skillful and faithful study.' - Charles W. Stivale, Distinguished Professor of French at Wayne State University 'Beckman skillfully weaves together a narrative that moves between Deleuze's life and what he called "a life". Along the way, many of Deleuze's most important concepts are clarified and critically analyzed in a way that will make this Critical Life both a valuable resource for scholars and an excellent introduction to his life and work.' - Alan D. Schrift, F. Wendell Miller Professor of Philosophy, Grinnell College
Book Information
ISBN 9781780237312
Author Frida Beckman
Format Paperback
Page Count 224
Imprint Reaktion Books
Publisher Reaktion Books
