Gilles Deleuze

by Claire Colebrook

Book Overview

Why think? Not, according to Gilles Deleuze, in order to be clever, but because thinking transforms life. Why read literature? Not for pure entertainment, Deleuze tells us, but because literature can recreate the boundaries of life. With his emphasis on creation, the future and the enhancement of life, along with his crusade against 'common sense', Deleuze offers some of the most liberating, exhilarating ideas in twentieth-century thought. This book...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415246342
• ISBN13: 9780415246347
• Release Date: September 2001
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.1" x 7.8"