Description
Book SynopsisGregg Lambert demonstrates that since the publication of Proust and Signs in 1964 Gilles Deleuze's search for a new means of philosophical expression became a central theme of all his oeuvre, including those written with psychoanalyst Félix Guattari. Lambert, like Deleuze, calls this "the image of thought."
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In Search of a New Image of Thought is an important and exciting study. As Gregg Lambert points out, the notion of the ‘image of thought’ is of crucial importance in Deleuze’s conception of philosophy; Lambert’s approach to the concept via literary examples is ingenious, and as he builds his argument, the viability of that approach becomes increasingly persuasive. Lambert’s readings of Deleuze’s works are penetrating." —Ronald Bogue, author of
Deleuze’s Way: Essays in Transverse Ethics and Aesthetics Table of Contents
Contents
Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction: What Is an Image of Thought?
1. The Image of Thought in Proust, or the First Literary Machine (ca. 1964)
2. Notes from a Thought Experiment: What Is a Rhizome? (ca. 1976)
3. The Image of Thought in Kafka, or the Second Literary Machine (ca. 1975)
4. A Minor Question of Literature, or the Bachelor-Machine (ca. 1975)
5. A Question of Style in the Philosophy of Difference: The “Bartleby-Formula” (c. 1989)
6. The Image of Thought in Modern Cinema: The Brain-Machine (ca. 1985)
Conclusion: We Will Speak of the Brain . . .
Notes
Index
