Deleuze's Difference and Repetition - (Edinburgh Philosophical Guides) by Henry Somers-Hall (Paperback)

About the Book

A step-by-step guide to Deleuze's Difference and Repetition that helps students to negotiate Deleuze's vast range of sources and difficult, dense language. It is an essential toolkit for anyone approaching Deleuze for the first time.

Book Synopsis

When students read Difference and Repetition for the first time, they face two main hurdles: the wide range of sources that Deleuze draws upon and his dense writing style. This Edinburgh Philosophical Guide helps students to negotiate these hurdles, taking them through the text step by step. It situates Deleuze within Continental philosophy more broadly and explains why he develops his philosophy in his unique way. Seasoned Deleuzians will also be interested in Somers-Hall's novel interpretation of Difference and Repetition.

From the Back Cover

EDINBURGH PHILOSOPHICAL GUIDES General Editor: Douglas Burnham The books in this series are specifically written for students reading philosophy for the first time. Focusing on passages most frequently taught at university level each book is a step-by-step guide to help you read the key texts from the history of philosophy with confidence and perception. Each book offers: - a summary of the text - an overview of its key ideas - historical context - a guide to further reading and study 'I would dearly have loved to have had this book at hand when I first read Difference and Repetition, and when I first taught it too! Its virtues of clarity, concision, and insight mean that experts and novices alike will benefit from it. Highly recommended.' John Protevi, Phyllis M Taylor Professor of French Studies, Louisiana State University A step-by-step guide to Deleuze's Difference and Repetition Gilles Deleuze's Difference and Repetition is arguably his masterpiece, presenting a sophisticated critique of prior philosophical thought, together with a rich metaphysics of difference. The main hurdles faced when approaching it for the first time are the wide range of philosophical sources Deleuze draws upon and the density of his philosophical prose. This book situates his work within the broader philosophical tradition and makes it clear why he develops his philosophy in the way that he does. It is designed to be read alongside Difference and Repetition and is an essential toolkit for anyone approaching Deleuze for the first time. Henry Somers-Hall is a lecturer in philosophy at Royal Holloway, University of London. Cover design: www.paulsmithdesign.com [EUP logo] www.euppublishing.com

Review Quotes

I would dearly have loved to have had this book at hand when I first read Difference and Repetition, and when I first taught it too! Its virtues of clarity, concision, and insight mean that experts and novices alike will benefit from it. Highly recommended.--John Protevi, Phyllis M. Taylor Professor of French Studies, Louisiana State University

Unless spoon-fed on Deleuze from a very young age, Difference and Repetition is not an easy book to get your head around ... A guide is fairly essential and the best one available in print is written by Henry Somers-Hall as part of the Edinburgh Philosophical Guides series.-- "Irish Left Review"

About the Author

Henry Somers-Hall is a Reader in philosophy at Royal Holloway, University of London. He is the author of Hegel, Deleuze, and the Critique of Representation (2012) and Deleuze's Difference and Repetition (2013), and co-editor of the Cambridge Companion to Deleuze (2012). He is interested in the interrelations of German idealism, phenomenology, and the philosophy of Gilles Deleuze.