One feature of Gilles Deleuze’s philosophy is its effort to establish connections with other disciplines and to appeal to non-philosophers. However, Deleuze never establishes these connections without a constant and unconditional reaffirmation of the uniqueness of philosophy. How does he conceive of philosophy? What are its elements? What are its methods? How is philosophy connected to other fields of knowledge and other activities? Axel Cherniavsky provides an answer to these questions by analysing the definition of philosophy Deleuze gives throughout his entire oeuvre: creation of concepts. Through this analysis, you will discover a reconstruction of a creative methodology, a detailed theory of the philosophical concept, a reflection on interdisciplinarity and altogether one of the most precise and systematic conceptions that philosophy has ever given of itself.
Reconstructs Deleuze’s methodology in its interdisciplinary context.
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This book addresses the question: what does it mean to say that thinking means creating? One cannot but be grateful and full of admiration for Axel Cherniavskys patient, rigorous (anexact) and erudite reconstitution of Deleuzes notion of the concept. This book helps us to better understand what philosophy means for Deleuze or even better, what it means for someone inspired by Deleuze, to do philosophy. -- Roland Breeur, KU Leuven, Belgium
Translators Foreword
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Preface
Introduction: The Problems of Deleuzian Conception of Philosophy
Part I: Theory of Elements
1. Theory of the Concept
2. The Plane of Immanence
3. Conceptual Personae
Part II: Theory of Creation
4. Theory of Method
5. The History of Philosophy
6. Philosophical Discourse
Part III: The Philosophical Image of Thought
Introduction
7. The Dogmatic Image and the New Image of Thought
8. Philosophical Thought
Conclusion: The Identity of Philosophy faced with the Singularity of
Philosophies
Bibliography
Axel Cherniavsky is a Researcher at the National Council of Scientific and Technical Research, Argentina, and Professor of Contemporary Philosophy at the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Taylor Adkins is a translator of French philosophy including works by François Laruelle, Quentin Meillassoux, Michel Serres, Félix Guattari and Gilbert Simondon.
