Name: Letters and Other Texts (Semiotext(E)
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Author: Gilles Deleuze
ISBN: 9781635901276

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Type

Physical Book

Author

Gilles Deleuze

Illustrated by

David Lapoujade

Publisher

Semiotext(e)

Year

2020

Language

English

Pages

320

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

22.6x15.2x2.3 cm

Weight

0.50 kg.

ISBN13

9781635901276

Synopsis "Letters and Other Texts (Semiotext(E) "

A posthumous collection of writings by Deleuze, including letters, youthful essays, and an interview, many previously unpublished.Letters and Other Texts is the third and final volume of the posthumous texts of Gilles Deleuze, collected for publication in French on the twentieth anniversary of his death. It contains several letters addressed to his contemporaries (Michel Foucault, Pierre Klossowski, François Châtelet, and Clément Rosset, among others). Of particular importance are the letters addressed to Félix Guattari, which offer an irreplaceable account of their work as a duo from Anti-Oedipus to What is Philosophy? Later letters provide a new perspective on Deleuze's work as he responds to students' questions. his volume also offers a set of unpublished or hard-to-find texts, including some essays from Deleuze's youth, a few unusual drawings, and a long interview from 1973 on Anti-Oedipus with Guattari.

Gilles Deleuze

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Gilles Deleuze (1925-1995) was an influential French philosopher whose work spans metaphysics, epistemology, and cultural critique. His thought is characterized by the exploration of concepts such as multiplicity, difference, and becoming. He wrote both solo and in collaboration with other thinkers, especially Félix Guattari.

Among his most notable works are Difference and Repetition (1968), a fundamental text in contemporary philosophy, and A Thousand Plateaus (1980), co-written with Guattari, part of their Capitalism and Schizophrenia project. Other significant works include Anti-Oedipus (1972) and The Logic of Sense (1969). His philosophical output falls within the genres of essay and critical theory, with a strong influence on disciplines such as literature, politics, and psychoanalysis.

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