Time and History in Deleuze and Serres (Continuum Studies in Continental Philosophy, 53)

For Gilles Deleuze, time is 'out of joint'. For Michel Serres, it is 'a crumpled handkerchief'. In both of these concepts, explicit references are made to the non-linear dynamics of Chaos and Complexity theory, as well as the New Sciences. The groundbreaking work of these key thinkers has the potential to instigate a radical break from traditional existentialist theories of time and history, affording us the opportunity to view history and historical events as a complex, non-linear system of feedback-loops, couplings and interfaces. In this collection, the first to address the comparative historiographies of Deleuze and Serres, twelve leading experts - including William Connolly, Eugene Holland, Claire Colebrook and Elizabeth Grosz - examine these alternative concepts of time and history, exposing critical arguments in this important and emerging field of research. Acknowledgements List of Contributors Introduction Notes Bibliography Chapter 1 Non-Linear Historical Materialism Or, What is Revolutionary in Deleuze and Emergence Time and History Revolution Bibliography Chapter 2 Time Folded and Crumpled: Time, History, Self-Organization and the Methodology of Mi Introduction Noise and the In-itself of Time The Emergence and Synthesis of Time History and Codification Self-Organization and Methodology Notes Bibliography Chapter 3 Michel Serres: From the History of Mathematics to Critical HistoryNotes Bibliography Chapter 4 Deleuze, Foucault and History History and Actuality Philosophy versus Genealogy Becoming Control Society Notes Bibliography Chapter 5 Ulyssean Trajectories: A (New) Look at Michel Serres' Topology of Time Notes Bibliography Chapter 6 Post-Human Humanities Notes Bibliography Chapter 7 Deleuze on Bergsonian Duration and Nietzsche's Eternal Return Bergson on Quantity and Quality Difference in Quantity and Will to Power From Duration to Eternal Return The Event and HistoryNotes Bibliography Chapter 8 Time Out of Joint Bibliography Chapter 9 The Crumpled Handkerchief Noise Phases The Handkerchief and the Powers of the False The Practice of History Notes Bibliography Chapter 10 A Physical Theory of Heredity|Heresy: The Education of Henry Adams Notes Bibliography Chapter 11 Crystal History: 'You Pick Up the Pieces. You Connect the Dots' Transcendental Empiricism The Multiverse Gilles Deleuze Michel Serres Evolution Crystal History Multiplicities Implications Minor Science, Minor History Every History is a History of the Living Is History Like Physics? Notes Bibliography Author Index Subject Index This collection of eleven essays explores the ontology of time and revolutionary historiography that French philosophers Gilles Deleuze and Michel Serres developed. Deleuze and Serres challenged tendencies by philosophers, historians, and scientists to conceive of time and history as linear succession of instants. These essays illuminate the significance of such challenges in terms of politics, philosophy, science, and art. Topics include the revolutionary potential of Deleuze and his sometime co-writer Felix Guattari's non-linear historical materialism, how Serres uses the history of math to explain how local meanings emerge while also accounting for recurrence of similar models, how the shift from Bergson to Nietzsche allows Deleuze to "develop an ontology of time that accounts for the contingency and randomness of history without reducing it to mere randomness or accident," the difference between Deleuze and Foucault's approach to history and analysis of "the society of control," Serres conception of time as a "wrinkled handkerchief," and the influence of Deleuze and Serres on Henry Adams' political and scientific historical writing. The contributors are professors of political theory, literary studies, philosophy, and women's studies. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) This title presents the first critical appraisal of Deleuze and Serre's 'joint' conception of time and history. For Gilles Deleuze, time is 'out of joint'. For Michel Serres, it is 'a crumpled handkerchief'. In both of these concepts, explicit references are made to the non-linear dynamics of Chaos and Complexity theory, as well as the New Sciences. This groundbreaking work of these key thinkers has the potential to instigate a radical break from traditional existentialist theories of time and history, affording us the opportunity to view history and historical events as a complex, non-linear system of feedback-loops, couplings and interfaces. In this collection, the first to address the comparative historiographies of Deleuze and Serres, twelve leading experts - including William Connolly, Eugene Holland, Claire Colebrook and Elizabeth Grosz - examine these alternative concepts of time and history, exposing critical arguments in this important and emerging field of research. "Continuum Studies in Continental Philosophy" presents cutting-edge scholarship in the field of modern European thought. The wholly original arguments, perspectives and research findings in titles in this series make it an important and stimulating resource for students and academics from across the discipline In this collection, 12 leading experts examine alternative concepts of time and history, exposing critical arguments in the work of Deleuze and Serres. For Gilles Deleuze, time is 'out of joint'. For Michel Serres, it is 'a crumpled handkerchief'. In both of these concepts, explicit references are made to the non-linear dynamics of Chaos and Complexity theory, as well as the New Sciences. The groundbreaking work of these key thinkers has the potential to instigate a radical break from traditional existentialist theories of time and history, affording us the opportunity to view history and historical events as a complex, non-linear system of feedback-loops, couplings and interfaces.In this collection, the first to address the comparative historiographies of Deleuze and Serres, twelve leading experts - including William Connolly, Eugene Holland, Claire Colebrook and Elizabeth Grosz - examine these alternative concepts of time and history, exposing critical arguments in this important and emerging field of research For Gilles Deleuze, time is 'out of joint'. For Michel Serres, it is 'a crumpled handkerchief'. In both of these concepts, explicit references are made to the non-linear dynamics of Chaos and Complexity theory, as well as the New Sciences. This title presents the critical appraisal of Deleuze and Serre's 'joint' conception of time and history.