Pdf outline of gilles deleuze the fold philip turetzky. Gilles deleuze 19251995 was professor of philosophy at the university of paris viii. If the fold is the operation proper to man, then the superfold is. A major philosophical work by perhaps the most brilliant philosophical mind at work in france today. The fold follows from deleuze s general development of a materialist metaphysics that holds the potential to differ as the original and ongoing movement of the cosmos. Gilles deleuze and the question of an architectural space. It is nothing less than a revolution in philosophy and stands out as one of the great philosophical works of the twentieth century.
The intention behind the book, states the terse endnote on the back cover, is to show how, in the baroque age that extends from the counter reformation. Gilles deleuzes difference and repetition was first published in french in 1968. His books on proust, kafka, francis bacon or on cinema, are milestones in our understanding of the aesthetic experience. His most popular works were the two volumes of capitalism and schizophrenia. He is a key figure in poststructuralism, and one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century. At least the argument now indicates that we can use the principle of identity to become aware of things through one of those inversions that we saw with the principle of sufficient reason. He was a key figure in poststructuralism, and one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century. Pli and repli both have a primary meaning of fold and are otherwise largely synonymous, although the form of the latter. Readings will include leibnizs monadology, selections from the discourse on metaphysics, selections form muriel combes gilbert simondon and the philosophy of the transindividual, deleuze s. Foucault, translated by sean hand, u of minnesota p, 1988. Deleuze began his study of philosophy at the sorbonne in 1944. Nonetheless, a survey of the essays and projects featured in folding in architecture reveals some puzzling anomalies. Boundas and dorothea olkowski, routledge, 1994, pp.
Pdf deleuze the fold leibniz and the baroque kuhrar blaha. Leibniz and the baroque philpapers there are some interesting implications for knowledge. Gilles deleuze the architecture of space and the fold the outside is not a fixed limit but a moving matter animated by peristaltic movements, folds and foldings that together make up an inside. This book embodies an original way of understanding major intellectual and artistic movements, using the baroque as a theoretical tool to analyze contemporary works of art and socalled modern condition. May 16, 2006 gilles deleuze 19251995 was professor of philosophy at the university of paris viii. But then again, does deleuze top leibniz in outrageousness. The fold as a concept structure in architecture of post. Millions have always done it like that and millions more will do.
Gilles deleuze appears to share these same sensations in his dazzling reading of leibniz. This deleuzian fold involves a stretching or folding of form in human thinking and material and it was. Folds and rhizomes for gilles deleuze 1995, cd discogs. Kants critical philosophy the doctrine of the faculties gilles deleuze translated by hugh tomlinson and barbara habberjam the athlone press london 1984. Deleuze guattari a thousand plateaus capitalism and schizophrenia translation and foreword by brian massumi. Antioedipus 1972 and a thousand plateaus 1980, both cowritten with. In his the fold, deleuze developed a metaphysics of the fold by the way of an encounter with gottfried leibniz and defined the fold as being the. Fredric jameson gilles deleuze 19251995 was professor of philosophy at the university of paris viii. A model for expression in contemporary aesthetics, the concept of the monad is viewed in terms of folds of space, movement, and time. Gilles deleuze s book on francis bacon is something other than a study of a painter by a philosopher.
There are certain key ideas that have been discussed. Fold and rhizomes a title inspired by gilles deleuze s inpenatrable sociophilosophical work mille plateaux is probably the pinnacle of ambient glitch music, before mille plateaux as in the german label among other caught on and injected a bit of funk into the genre. In this work, deleuze proposes a new and radical conception of the baroque, relating this to a fresh interpretation of leibnitz. One can certainly think painting, but one can also paint thought, including the exhilarating and. Key concepts brings together leading specialists from a variety of different disciplines in an easytoaccess primer on deleuze s work. Interesting in that deleuze can turn a dull philosopher into a radical with a few witty lines. Paul patton brings together an outstanding collection of appraisals by french and englishspeaking scholars of gilles deleuze 19251995, one of the most important postwar french philosophers. There is no form, no content, no container, but only folds. Dec 25, 2019 interesting in that deleuze can turn a dull philosopher into a radical with a few witty lines. Gilles deleuze, french writer and antirationalist philosopher. Gilles deleuze enthusiastically defends for the art of folding inspired of baroque.
The last chapter is the section that opens the discussion about the fold and folding architecture. Leibnitz et le baroque is a book by gilles deleuze which offers a new interpretation of the baroque and of. Pierres essay on data in qualitative socialscience research. Appointed to the faculty there in 1957, he later taught at the university of lyons and the university of paris viii, where he. In his the fold, deleuze developed a metaphysics of the fold by the way of an encounter with gottfried leibniz and defined the fold. Gilles deleuze the architecture of space and the fold the.
A number of these pieces address deleuzes original interpretations of key figures in the history of philosophy, including spinoza, kant, hegel and bergson. One of the most radical philosophers of the twentieth century, gilles deleuze has become hugely influential in philosophy, cultural studies, literature, art, and architecture. This chapter talks about the fold, its origins and features through the baroque and introduces gilles deleuze s readings and writings of folding. Ironically, leibniz has also provided themes that have helped the development of capitalism. In the fold, gilles deleuze argues that leibnizs writings constitute the grounding elements of a baroque philosophy and of theories for analyzing contemporary. His other works include nietzsche and philosophy athlone. Appointed to the faculty there in 1957, he later taught at the university of lyons and the university of paris viii, where he was a popular lecturer. Here is a simple nonexplanation that perhaps helps more than an immanent description of the term. The fold tells indirectly of the reincarnation of the francogerman philosopher through the baroque, as understood by focillon in its broadest and. Deleuze distinguishes, not entirely consistently, between the replis of in organic matter and the plis of the organic. Bryden deleuze s writing is permeated with references to literature. Gilles deleuze and the theater of philosophy, edited by constantin v. In the fold deleuze proposes a new and radical way of understanding philosophy and art.
Leibniz and the baroque became an event in itself and has since been a point of reference for the oeuvre in general. This deleuzian fold involves a stretching or folding of form in. Gilles deleuze 192595 was a prolific french philosopher best known for his 1968 magnum opus difference and repetition deleuze 1994, which developed an approach to metaphysics derived from a. Kant s critical philosophy the doctrine of the faculties.
Gilles deleuze and the sublime fold of religion request pdf. The baroque does not refer to an essence gottfried wilhelm leibniz, philosophical papers and letters, vol. I decided to read deleuze s book on leibniz, the fold. Capitalism and schizophrenia by gilles deleuze and felix guattari translated from the french by robert hurley, mark seem, and helen r.
In the fold, gilles deleuze argues that leibnizs writings constitute the grounding elements of a baroque philosophy and of theories for analyzing contemporary arts and science. Gilles deleuze and experimental electronica christoph cox this article appeared in german translation as wie wird musik zu einem organlosen korper. Leibniz and the baroque this sort of elevation is represented by the upper storey. What is the importance of deleuze s image of the fold, which. Leibniz and the baroque, translated by tom conley, u of. Art according to gilles deleuze catarina pombo nabais cfcul deleuze is perhaps the most important philosopher on aesthetics of the xxth century. Gilles deleuze january 18, 1925november 4, 1995 was one of the most influential and prolific french philosophers of the second half of the twentieth century. Similarly, the world is interpreted as a body of infinite folds and surfaces that. Gilles deleuze 192595 saw himself as part of a tradition of philosophy which challenged and disrupted life, such that new concepts.
Despite asserting that he was not a literary critic, deleuze provides exhilarating and original interactions with texts. Deleuze conceived of philosophy as the production of concepts, and he characterized himself as a pure metaphysician. Ten years later, many of the issues and topics that were so obviousiy. A understanding deleuze vi understanding deleuze 12302 3. Gilles deleuze the architecture of space and the fold. Gilles deleuze and the sublime fold of religion fordham.
This chapter examines philosopher gilles deleuze s concept of the sublime fold of religion. Leibniz and the baroque, to answer a question that came out of my reading of elizabeth adams st. The author gilles deleuze is professor of philosophy at the university of paris. In this sense, the fold is closer to deleuze s book on foucault in that he creates a new philosopher. This deleuzian fold involves a stretching or folding of form in human thinking and material and it was developed based on kantian and leibnizian principles. Leibniz drew on the art of the baroque period in his invention of the concept of the fold deleuze. Key concepts brings together leading specialists from a variety of different disciplines in an easytoaccess primer on deleuzes work. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. The fold leibniz and the baroque gilles deleuze foreword and translation by tom conley a continuum contents continuum the tower building 15 east. A thousand plateaus capitalism and schizophrenia gilles deleuze felix guattari translation and foreword by brian massumi university of minnesota press minneapolis london.