At the edges of thought : Deleuze and post-Kantian philosophy

## Develops the multiple relations between Deleuze and post-Kantian thought **[Read the introduction, 'Deleuze and Post-Kantian Thought – Method,Ideas and Aesthetics' online for free (pdf)](http://www.euppublishing.com/userimages/ContentEditor/1439200037867/Lundy%20and%20Voss%20-%20At%20the%20Edges%20of%20Thought%20-%20Introduction.pdf%22)** This collection situates Deleuze’s work and several of his most important concepts in the context of his post-Kantian predecessors, further illuminating both the breadth of his philosophical heritage and the manner in which he moves beyond it. Through a series of studies by leading scholars in the field, **At the Edges of Thought** sheds new light on key philosophical encounters with thinkers such as Maimon, Kleist, Hölderlin, Fichte, Hegel, Schopenhauer and Feuerbach in Deleuze's texts. Readers are invited to join with Deleuze as he traverses and transforms post-Kantian philosophy, taking it towards the very edges of thought. ## List of Contributors Brent Adkins Frederick Amrine Sean Bowden Gregory Flaxman Joe Hughes Gregg Lambert Jay Lampert Beth Lord Craig Lundy Arkady Plotnitsky Anne Sauvagnargues Daniel W. Smith Henry Somers-Hall Daniela Voss Alistair Welchman Nathan Widder At the Edges of Thought 4 Copyright 5 Contents 6 Acknowledgements 8 List of Contributors 9 Introduction 12 I Deleuze, Kant and Maimon 34 1 Deleuze, Kant and the Transcendental Field 36 2 The Problematic Idea, Neo-Kantianism and Maimon’s Role in Deleuze’s Thought 55 3 Maimon, Kant, Deleuze: The Concepts of Difference and Intensive Magnitude 71 4 Deleuze and Kant’s Critique of Judgment 96 II Deleuze, Romanticism and Idealism 114 5 What is a Literature of War?: Kleist, Kant and Nomadology 116 6 The Calculable Law of Tragic Representation and the Unthinkable: Rhythm, Caesura and Time, from Holderlin to Deleuze 134 7 Ground, Transcendence and Method in Deleuze’s Fichte 157 8 ‘The magic formula we all seek’: Spinoza + Fichte = x 179 9 State Philosophy and the War Machine 201 10 Tragedy and Agency in Hegel and Deleuze 223 III Deleuzian Lines of Post-Kantian Thought 240 11 Schopenhauer and Deleuze 242 12 Feuerbach and the Image of Thought 264 13 Deleuze’s ‘Power of Decision’, Kant’s =X and Husserl’s Noema 283 14 Kant’s Bastards: Deleuze and Lyotard 304 15 Chronos is Sick: Deleuze, Antonioni and the Kantian Lineage of Modern Cinema 318 Index 341 Through A Series Of Studies By Leading Scholars In The Field, At The Edges Of Thought Sheds New Light On Key Philosophical Encounters In Deleuze's Texts. The Shape Of Eleuzian Philosophy Is Explored Through The Influence Of Thinkers Such As Maimon, Kleist, Hölderlin, Fichte, Hegel, Schopenhauer And Feuerbach. This Collection Situates Deleuze's Work And Several Of This Most Important Concepts With Respect To His Post-kantian Predecessors, Further Illuminating Both The Breadth Of His Philosophical Heritage And The Manner In Which He Moves Beyond It. -- Cover Deleuze, Kant And Maimon -- Deleuze, Romanticism And Idealism -- Deleuzian Lines Of Post-kantian Thought. Edited By Craig Lundy And Daniela Voss. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Illustrates and addresses the breadth of Deleuze's post Kantian influences and engagements. This volume explores under developed encounters in Deleuzian thought and advances novel readings of established problematics. It focuses on philosophical encounters in Deleuze's texts.