The Works of Gilles Deleuze I: 1953-1969

The first of two volumes The Works of Gilles Deleuze I: 1953-1969 introduces book by book the philosophers 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 Difference and Repetition (1968) and Logic of Sense (1969). Perhaps no one is better suited to this ambitious undertaking than Jon Roffe. Possessing an encyclopedic knowledge Deleuzes work he also claims an intimate familiarity with so many of the philosophers sources subjects and conceptual personae. With enviable clarity Roffes 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.