The Works of Gilles Deleuze I

<p>The first of two volumes <em>The Works of Gilles Deleuze I: 1953-1969</em> introduces book by book the philosopher’s daunting corpus from his early monographs on Hume Nietzsche Kant and Bergson; to the “literary clinic” he creates in relation to Proust and Masoch; and finally to the landmark publication of <em>Difference and Repetition</em> (1968) and <em>Logic of Sense</em> (1969). Perhaps no one is better suited to this ambitious undertaking than Jon Roffe. Possessing an encyclopedic knowledge Deleuze’s work he also claims an intimate familiarity with so many of the philosopher’s sources subjects and conceptual personae. With enviable clarity Roffe’s eight substantial chapters adroitly elaborate the circumstances and argument problems and concepts all but one of the nine books from this period. Indeed the uniqueness of this volume consists in forgoing any reductive synthesis of Deleuze in order to elaborate each of his major publications on its own terms. The Works of Gilles Deleuze I is incredibly useful deeply pedagogical and structurally ingenious.</p>