Expressionism in Philosophy is both a pivotal reading of
Spinoza's work and also a crucial text within the development
of Deleuze's own thought.
Expressionism in Philosophy is both a pivotal reading of
Spinoza's work and also a crucial text within the development
of Deleuze's own thought. It was the culmination of a series of
monographic studies by Deleuze (on Hume, Bergson, Nietzsche,
Proust, Kant, and Sacher-Masoch), and it prepared the transition
from these abstract treatments of historical schemes of experience
to the nomadology of Capitalism and Schizophrenia.
In this extraordinary work, Deleuze reflects on one of the thinkers
of the past who most influenced his own sweeping reconfiguration of
the tasks of philosophy. For Deleuze, Spinoza, along with Nietzsche
and Lucretius, conceived of philosophy as an enterprise of
liberation and radical demystification.
Gilles Deleuze is Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at the
University of Paris VIII, Vincennes/Saint Denis.
Gilles Deleuze (1925-1995) was Professor of Philosophy at the University of Paris VIII, Vincennes/Saint Denis. He published 25 books, including five in collaboration with Felix Guattari.
Inhaltsangabe
Part 1 The triads of substance: numerical and real distinction attribute as expression attributes and divine names the absolute power. Part 2 Parallelism and immanence: expression in parallelism the two powers and the idea of God expression and idea inadequacy Spinoza against Descartes immanence and the historical components of expression. Part 3 The theory of finite modes: modal essence - the passage from infinite to finite modal existance what can a body do? the three orders and the problem of evil the ethical vision of the world common notions toward the third kind of knowledge Beatitude. Conclusion: the theory of experession in Leibniz and Spinoza - expressionaism in philosophy.
