Sean Bowden shows you how the Deleuzian event should be understood in terms of the broader metaphysical thesis that fixed things or substances are always secondary with respect to events. He achieves this through a reconstruction of Deleuze's relation to the history of thought from the Stoics through to Simondon, taking account of Leibniz, Lautman, structuralism and psychoanalysis along the way. Key features: * Focuses on Deleuze's concept of events and highlights the philosophical richness of The Logic of Sense * Engages with material by Lautman and Simondon that has not yet been translated into English * Examines and clarifies a number of Deleuze's most difficult philosophical concepts, including sense, problematic Ideas and intensive individuation

About the Author
Sean Bowden lectures in philosophy at Deakin University and is a Research Fellow in the Philosophy Program at La Trobe University. He is the co-editor of the collection Badiou and Philosophy, forthcoming with Edinburgh University Press, and has published a number of articles on Gilles Deleuze, Alain Badiou and Gilbert Simondon.

Reviews
This is a wide-ranging and penetrating study of one of Deleuze's most important works. A superb book. -- Daniel W. Smith, Purdue University This book will readily take its place as one of the most important volumes in all of Deleuze Studies. -- Nick Nesbitt, Princeton University This is a wide-ranging and penetrating study of one of Deleuze's most important works. A superb book. This book will readily take its place as one of the most important volumes in all of Deleuze Studies.



Book Information
ISBN 9780748643646
Author Sean Bowden
Format Paperback
Page Count 352
Imprint Edinburgh University Press
Publisher Edinburgh University Press