Continuity and Event in Leibniz and Deleuze - (Plateaus - New Directions in Deleuze Studies) by Hamed Movahedi (Hardcover)

About the Book

A multi-layered analysis of continuity, fold, and event and their heteropoietic character in Deleuze's metaphysics of genesis.

Book Synopsis

Hamed Movahedi reconstructs a Deleuzian concept of continuity and event through comparative readings of The Fold, Difference and Repetition and Logic of Sense. His analysis of The Fold in dialogue with Leibniz opens a new conceptual space for continuity, one that entails both irreducible heterogeneity and ontological inseparability. This concept, which challenges conventional notions of continuity and discontinuity, discloses its implicit yet decisive presence in Deleuze's philosophy of genesis in Difference and Repetition and the genesis of language in Logic of Sense. Deleuze's story of genesis, preoccupied with the conditions of formation across various fields, is recounted in terms of continuity, which turns out to be a poetics, a prelude to art and politics.

Review Quotes

Hamed Movahedi's book offers a profound renewal of our understanding of continuity. Although Deleuze is widely recognized as a thinker of difference, multiplicity, and virtuality, his metaphysics is deeply influenced by Leibniz, particularly in relation to the notions of continuous series and the event across multiple levels. Without a doubt, this study transforms the broader approach to Deleuze's philosophy.--Christian Leduc, Université de Montréal

This engaging and elegant book constitutes a major advance on some of the most important and difficult concepts of Deleuze's philosophy: event and continuity. It is therefore indispensable for cutting edge research in contemporary metaphysics. Its argument contributes in important ways to research on Deleuze and the history of philosophy, most notably on Leibniz, and on Deleuze and art, with an original and exciting thesis.--James Williams, Deakin University

Event and Continuity in Leibniz and Deleuze: Poetics of the Fold is a tour de force that ranges through philosophy, mathematics, art, and politics. Movahedi compellingly shows how the unthematized concept of continuity is the key that unlocks not only Deleuze's reading of Leibniz but also Difference and Repetition and The Logic of Sense.--Brent Adkins, Professor of Philosophy, Roanoke College