The Principles of Deleuzian Philosophy (Plateaus - New Directions in Deleuze Studies)

"What gives us the right to speak of a Deleuzian philosophy, a philosophy at first sight concerned solely with interpreting other philosophers and writers? Koichiro Kokubun focuses on Deleuze's method of 'free indirect discourse' to locate and explicate Deleuze's philosophy of transcendental empiricism and its constitutive limits. Working through Deleuze's confrontations with Hume, Kant, Bergson, Freud, Lacan, Foucault and Guattari, Kokubun uncovers a philosophy strongly influenced by structuralism and psychoanalysis, which had to overtake these movements because of its practical ambitions. Kokubun concludes with a radical revitalisation of the political potential of this philosophy."-- Provided by publisher THE PRINCIPLES OF DELEUZIAN PHILOSOPHY Edinburgh University Press Contents Acknowledgements for the English Edition List of Abbreviations Translator’s Preface Prologue 1 How to See Things in Free Indirect Discourse Research Note I: On Naturalism 2 Transcendental Empiricism Research Note II: The Synthetic Method 3 Thinking and Subjectivity Research Note III: Law/Institution/Contract 4 From Structure to the Machine Research Note IV: The Individual Soul and the Collective Soul 5 Desire and Power Research Note V: The State and Archaeology Afterword Bibliography Index Koichiro Kokubun focuses on Deleuze's method of ‘free indirect discourse'to locate and explicate Deleuze's philosophy of transcendental empiricism and its constitutive limits. He works through Deleuze's confrontations with Hume, Kant, Bergson, Freud, Lacan, Foucault and Guattari, and the influence of structuralism and psychoanalysis. Koichiro Kokubun focuses on Deleuze's method of 'free indirect discourse' to locate and explicate Deleuze's philosophy of transcendental empiricism and its constitutive limits. He works through Deleuze's confrontations with Hume, Kant, Bergson, Freud, Lacan, Foucault and Guattari,and the influence of structuralism and psychoanalysis