Introduction to Deleuze: Difference and Repetition

I introduce the thought of Gilles Deleuze through his 1968 book, Difference and Repetition. I look at Deleuze's basic concepts - especially difference, repetition and the virtual; his relationship to philosophers like Spinoza and Kant; and how he provides some of the ontological foundations for other 'poststructural' or postmodern theorists like Foucault and Derrida.

I also look at the relationship between the virtual, the Idea and the multiplicity - all important concepts for understanding the rest of Deleuze's work. This introduction should serve to give a fuller understanding of ideas like the Rhizome, the haecceity and 'lines of flight' that are a large part of his later work with Félix Guattari - a Thousand Plateaus. Most importantly, I try to make understanding Deleuze as simple as possible!

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[AvantiMoltoVeloce]

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[cigolsimons]

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[dionysusyphus]

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[AlienFetus]

It was time for this! Deleuze is too relevant not to have good video essays on his philosophy.
Just some remarks. Deleuze began conceptualizing an ontology of difference rather than identity, but some may argue that he, after Guattari, somewhat changed that to accommodate the multiple, with a new more pluralist ontology of multiplicity. The same goes to understanding Deleuze as a monist, as some people may argue he got further and further from defending unifying conceptual structures beyond the aesthetic, or that his paradox Pluralism = Monism gave a new layer to his position, that couldn't be stated as a monism as it is commonly understood.
And you should have probably used his term "concept" instead of "idea", since they are not equal in his metaphysics.

Glad to finally see a good intro essay on Deleuze here on Youtube. Keep it up, do A Thousand Plateaus next!

[LogicGated]

Still one of the best video essays on Deleuze on YouTube.

[davebryant]

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[shanajames]

Thank you so much for creating this video. I am a visual artist writing my Masters by Research exegesis, and this overview has really helped me. I would love another on the rhizome as this idea has revolutionised the way I think about the creative process and myself in the world.

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[GuyShōtō]

Interesting, I never thought of Deleuze’s points like that.

[magdach]

THANKS.
I´m so indentified with both Spinoza and Kant, and now i fiind Deleuze. I´m sure that i will enjoy read his ideas.