Thinking between Deleuze and Merleau-Ponty

Authors

Judith Wambacq

Files

Series

Series in Continental Thought

Description

Thinking between Deleuze and Merleau-Ponty is the first book-length examination of the relation between these two major thinkers of the twentieth century. Questioning the dominant view that the two have little of substance in common, Judith Wambacq brings them into a compelling dialogue to reveal a shared, historically grounded concern with the transcendental conditions of thought. Both Merleau-Ponty and Deleuze propose an immanent ontology, differing more in style than in substance. Wambacq’s synthetic treatment is nevertheless critical; she identifies the limitations of each thinker’s approach to immanent transcendental philosophy and traces its implications—through their respective relationships with Bergson, Proust, Cézanne, and Saussure—for ontology, language, artistic expression, and the thinking of difference. Drawing on primary texts alongside current scholarship in both French and English, Thinking between Deleuze and Merleau-Ponty is comprehensive and rigorous while remaining clear, accessible, and lively. It is certain to become the standard text for future scholarly discussion of these two major influences on contemporary thought.

Copyright Statement

Thinking between Deleuze and Merleau-Ponty © 2017 by Ohio University Press is licensed under Creative Commons License CC BY-NC-ND. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Language

eng

ISBN

9780821446126

Publication Date

1-3-2018

Publisher

Ohio University Press

City

Athens

Keywords

Thinking between Deleuze and Merleau-Ponty, Judith Wambacq, philosophy, twentieth-century thought, phenomenology, ontology, immanence, transcendental philosophy, Gilles Deleuze, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Bergson, Proust, Cézanne, Saussure, language, artistic expression, difference, French philosophy, continental philosophy, metaphysics, modern philosophy

Disciplines

Comparative Philosophy | Metaphysics | Philosophy

Creative Commons License

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Recommended Citation

Wambacq, Judith, "Thinking between Deleuze and Merleau-Ponty" (2018). Ohio University Press Open Access Books. 103.
https://ohioopen.library.ohio.edu/oupress/103