Gilles Deleuze’s Difference and Repetition: A Critical Introduction and Guide

This is the first critical introduction to Difference and Repetition, Gilles Deleuze’s most important work of philosophy and one of the most significant texts of contemporary philosophy.  It was first published in French in 1968.  It is nothing less than a revolution in philosophy and stands out as one of the great philosophical works of the twentieth century. As such, it shifts our idea of philosophy by introducing new methods and concepts and by revaluing older ones.  Despite this revolution, it is still possible to situate the book’s historical significance in terms of the line of other great works it adds to, reacts against and prolongs.  In offerings a critical analysis of Deleuze’s methods, principles and arguments, the book enables readers to engage with the revolutionary core of Deleuze’s philosophy and take up favourable or critical positions with respect to its most innovative and controversial ideas.  The books will also help to extend Deleuze’s work to philosophers working in the analytic tradition.