Books in the Critical Introductions and Guides series

This critical introduction and guide to Gilles Deleuze's 1988 book'Bergsonism 'gives readers of both Deleuze and Bergson an opportunity to discover and fully connect with the philosophical encounter between these two great thinkers.

One of the most brilliant philosophers of his generation, but largely neglected until he was brought to public attention by Gilles Deleuze, Gilbert Simondon presents a challenge to nearly every category and method of traditional philosophy. This is a critical commentary on Simondon's seminal work, Psychic and Collective Individuation.

Gilles Deleuze described Laruelle's thought as 'one of the most interesting undertakings of contemporary philosophy'. Now, Rocco Gangle "e; who translated Laruelle's philosophy into English "e; takes you through Laruelle's trailblazing book 'Philosophies of Difference', helping you to understand both Laruelle's critique of Difference and his project of non-philosophy, which has become one of the most intriguing avenues in contemporary thought. He explains the context within which Laruelle's thought developed and takes you through the challenging argument and conceptual scaffolding of 'Philosophies of Difference'.

A revised, expanded and fully up-to-date critical introduction to Deleuze's most important work of philosophy. This second edition of Williams' classic text includes significant new material on the idea of intensity, Deleuze and science and questions of action after Difference and Repetition, all of which feed into current debates around Deleuzian practice in politics and ethics. He also engages with the recent foremost interpretations of Deleuze by Bryant, Sauvagnargues, Smith, Somers-Hall and de Beistegui which will help guide you through the key debates and oppositions. A final critical section introduces and gives brief descriptions of new works on Deleuze, contrasting the Williams reading with others. This is an essential resource for anyone working on Deleuze and looking for new insights into his work.

Anthony Paul Smith - one of the translators of Principles of Non-Philosophy - introduces you to this key Laruelle text. He guides you through the figures and concepts Laruelle engaged with, helping you to understand and, more importantly, use the project of non-philosophy.

The sheer volume and complexity of Deleuze and Guattari's A Thousand Plateaus can be daunting. What is an assemblage? What is a rhizome? What is a war machine? What is a body without organs? What is becoming-animal? Using clear language and numerous examples, each chapter of this guide analyses an individual plateau and examines the tendencies toward both stasis and change for each assemblage found there "e; be it social, political, psychological, musical, biological or linguistic.

Throughout his career, Deleuze developed a series of original philosophies of time and applied them successfully to many different fields. Now James Williams presents Deleuze's philosophy of time as the central concept that connects his philosophy as a whole. Through this conceptual approach, the book covers all the main periods of Deleuze's philosophy: the early studies of Hume, Nietzsche, Kant, Bergson and Spinoza, the two great philosophical works, Difference and Repetition and Logic of Sense, the Capitalism and Schizophrenia works with Guattari, and the late influential studies of literature, film and painting. The result is an important reading of Deleuze and the first full interpretation of his philosophy of time.

In their final collaborative work, Deleuze and Guattari set out to address the question, 'what is philosophy?' Their answer is simple enough: philosophy 'is the art of forming, inventing and fabricating concepts'. In this book, Jeffrey A. Bell explores what that involves. Crucial to Deleuze and Guattari's understanding of this task, Bell argues, is the assumption that philosophy is integral to a life well lived. Bell shows that a concept of learning is created through the course of the text, composed of three inseparable components: philosophy, science and art. Ultimately, What is Philosophy? can be understood as a meditation on a life well lived, with this concept of learning at its core.

This guide explains the key arguments of Empiricism and Subjectivity, organised thematically. It features an Appendix with a propositional summary of the book, a final chapter on the movement of the themes of Empiricism and Subjectivity through Deleuze's later work, plus substantial suggestions for further reading.