Deleuze on foucault book

As a suc cessor of nietzsche, deleuze rejected the. The style of the book is predicated on repetition, or seriality, which may madden some. Deleuze, like in his other works on major philosophers, thinks along with foucault instead of. He is a key figure in poststructuralism and one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century. The first analysis of foucaults work by a major philosopher working withi. This book posits that a singular paradigm in social theory can be discovered by reconstructing the conceptual grammar of gabriel tardes microsociology and by understanding the ways in which gilles deleuze s micropolitics and michel foucault s microphysics have engaged with it. This is a crucial examination of the philosophical foundations and principal themes of foucaults work, providing a rigorous engagement with foucaults views on knowledge, punishment, power, and the nature of subjectivity. Not because of their friendship, collaborations, or dialogues. Deleuze spends most of the book translating foucault into his own spatializing metaphors diagrams, lines, folds, which is interesting, but he generally doesnt contribute much to my knowledge of foucault. Of course, an introduction to a book on foucault, especially a translation of one written by gilles deleuze, foucaults ally and friend, unavoidably must say. Deleuze, like in his other works on major philosophers, thinks along with foucault instead of trying to write a guide to his philosophy. Foucault by gilles deleuze meet your next favorite book. Deleuze, like in his other works on major philosophers, thinks along. Given the parisian milieu in which foucault worked, and for a time was very good friends with deleuze deleuze refers in this book to manuscripts that foucault never published, this book offers us a highly developed look from the left bank onto the problems that foucault found himself working through, and it articulates them chapter by chapter.

In foucault, deleuze presents one of the most incisive and productive analyses of the work of michel foucault. Although deleuze wrote a touching and certainly important book in tribute to his friend foucault after the latters death in 1984, the final. Deleuze is perhaps the most authoritative of foucault s commentators. Foucault is a 1986 book on the work of michel foucault by the philosopher gilles deleuze. The seminar led to the publication of deleuze s book foucault paris. Foucault deleuze book 1986, a book about the french philosopher by gilles deleuze. Deleuze analyses in detail what he took to be the three axes of foucault s thought. The first rigorous, comparative discussion of deleuze and foucault. In his book on the work of michel foucault entitled foucault, deleuze reads foucaults work in topological terms in an effort to articulate a way of mapping out power relations with regards to knowledge production, language, archives, and subjectivity. This book, which presents spinozas main ideas in dictionary form, has as. Gilles deleuze translated by sean hand foreword by paul a. Foucault crater, a small lunar impact crater 5668 foucault, an asteroid. Gilles deleuze sur foucault le pouvoir seance 1 cours du 7 janvier 1986 cours donne par gilles deleuze enregistres a luniversite paris 8vincennessaintdenis entre 1979 et 1987.

Gilles deleuze, known for his inquiries into desire. After michel foucaults death from aids on june 25, 1984, deleuze decided to devote an entire year of his seminar to a study of foucaults writings. Giles deleuze 19251995 was professor of philosophy at the university of paris viii. Not even because of the enormous respect each held for the other. Robert hurley was a translator for many french philosophers including michael foucault history of sexuality. Pdf between deleuze and foucault download full pdf.