And yet deleuze s connection to leibniz may run still deeper. Leibniz and the baroque this sort of elevation is represented by the upper storey. Jul 18, 2017 deleuze is thinking with leibniz about cosmogenesis, i. Finally, and most importantly, it is the leibniz that we encounter in the fold. Rachel fensham monash university, australia reference deleuze, gilles 1992, mediators in j. Gilles deleuze and the question of an architectural space.
Gilles deleuze appears to share these same sensations in his dazzling reading of leibniz. During the day there will be a paper given by james williams dundee followed by an extensive open discussion on the topic of deleuzes aesthetics. Readings will include leibniz s monadology, selections from the discourse on metaphysics, selections form muriel combes gilbert simondon and the philosophy of the transindividual, deleuze. Pdf deleuze the fold leibniz and the baroque kuhrar blaha. One of the most radical philosophers of the twentieth century, gilles deleuze has read online download pdf add to my lists cite this item from the works of other philosophers and combining them in new and productive ways. His most popular works were the two volumes of capitalism and schizophrenia. 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.
Untitled graduate school of the arts and humanities blog. Readings will include leibniz s monadology, selections from the discourse on metaphysics, selections form muriel combes gilbert simondon and the philosophy of the transindividual, deleuze s the fold. Deleuze argues that leibniz s work constitutes the grounding elements of baroque philosophy of art and science. The modest monosyllable, pli, that refers both to a twist of fabric and to the origins of life, bears a lightness and density that mark many of the philosophers reflections on questions of being and on the nature of events. I undertake to shed light on leibniz s deployment of paradox through the prism of deleuze s reflection. His metaphysical treatise difference and repetition 1968 is considered by many scholars to be his magnum opus.
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. Deleuze s aim in the opening few paragraphs is to provide an account of why representation emerges as an attempt to make difference leave its cave and cease to be a monster dr 2938. Featuring contributions by leading academics this collection is a companion to one of the most intricate of deleuze s philosophical texts, articulating leibnizian thought within the context of baroque expressionism, characterized by its interdisciplinary approach to philosophy. The depth of deleuze s reading of leibniz in the fold allows us to determine the consequences of treating deleuze s philosophy as a neobaroque, neoleibnizian philosophy. Deleuze s book on proust and, more significantly, his book on leibniz. In this work, deleuze proposes a new and radical conception of the baroque, relating this to a fresh interpretation of leibnitz. 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. One term deleuzians are perhaps more familiar with is actualization, which occurs when a single potential. Aug, 20 gottfried whilhelm leibniz 16461716 une vie, une. Such a philosophy still operates within a leibnizian space of infinite depths, singular events, foldings and envelopments. The resulting view, though interesting, is not one of deleuze s best books. Gottfried leibniz, german philosopher and mathematician, was the one whose. Deleuze leibniz cosmogenesis jewish philosophy place.
There will also be a series of graduate student presentations dealing specifically with deleuzes book the fold. Similarly, the world is interpreted as a body of infinite folds. Leibniz is fascinating because perhaps no other philosopher created so much. This article is about gilles deleuze s book le pli. If the fold is the operation proper to man, then the superfold is.
Similarly, the world is interpreted as a body of infinite folds and surfaces that. Deleuze, hegel, dialectics, difference revisiting the hegelian dialectics and the specter of totalitarianism hilosophy is not merely a search for the ultimate truths of reality and a reflection of our lived experiences. To this purpose, i propose five figures, all referring to the same basic fold, all illustrating how the consideration of such figures allows developing central elements of leibniz s monadology. The fold as a concept structure in architecture of post. Gilles deleuze 19251995 was professor of philosophy at the university of paris viii. For more from the primary lit, consult the leibniz and foucault books. Kwinter eds, incorporations, zone books, new york, pp. Pierres essay on data in qualitative socialscience research. Leibniz and the baroque by breavman99 i decided to read deleuze s book on leibniz, the fold. In the leibniz book we are offered other diagrams of our subjectivity. Roughly the first half of the text undertakes explanations of historical developments in mathematics and mathematical thinking that gilles deleuze draws upon to construct his philosophy, especially in the fold, difference and repetition, and bergsonism. Leibniz and the baroque by breavman99 i decided to read deleuzes book on leibniz, the fold.
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. You cannot enroll in this seminar because it has already been completed. A new system of the nature and the communication of substances, 5 7, in gottfried wilhelm leibniz, philosophical papers and letters, vol. In applying this idea to our time, deleuze concluded, the new status of the object no. Gilles deleuze and the sublime fold of religion fordham. Readings will include leibnizs monadology, selections from the discourse on metaphysics, selections form muriel combes gilbert simondon and the philosophy of the transindividual, deleuzes the fold. Gilles deleuze, foucault, and alain badiou, gilles. In the fold, gilles deleuze argues that leibniz s writings constitute the grounding elements of a baroque philosophy and of theories for analyzing contemporary arts and science. It is also the leibniz that deleuze refers to when, in negotiations, he says.
Leibniz drew on the art of the baroque period in his invention of the concept of the fold deleuze develops the concept further to present a new way of practising philosophy based upon the fold as the relationship of difference with itself. Pdf outline of gilles deleuze the fold philip turetzky. His books are the philosophical equivalent of a francis bacon painting. His metaphysical treatise difference and repetition 1968 is. This is a judicious characterisation of leibniz s vitalism, but not ruyers. 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. Leibniz is the first philosopher able to deal with the experience of events and the world first great philosopher and mathematician of the pleat, of curves and of atomic dynamics. Schizoanalysis acquires many different definitions during the course of its. Deleuze views leibniz s concept of the monad as folds. 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. Leibnitz et le baroque is a book by gilles deleuze which offers a new interpretation of the baroque and of.
Although appearing throughout deleuze s work, the fold is particularly specifically the concept of the fold allows deleuze to think creatively about the. Leibniz drew on the art of the baroque period in his invention of the concept of the fold deleuze develops. In the fold deleuze proposes a new and radical way of understanding philosophy and art. And yet deleuzes connection to leibniz may run still deeper. Its formulation was continued in their followup work, a thousand plateaus. Leibniz and the baroque, the french philosopher referred to the continuous changes and dissolution into in. Although deleuze published a booklength study of leibniz late in his career, the fold. Sep 26, 2016 i undertake to shed light on leibnizs deployment of paradox through the prism of deleuzes reflection.
In the fold, gilles deleuze argues that leibnizs writings constitute the grounding elements of a baroque philosophy and of theories for analyzing contemporary. Deleuze, leibniz and projective geometry in the fold. Pdf deleuze, leibniz and the unmathematical fold michael. Leibniz drew on the art of the baroque period in his invention of the concept of the fold. The last chapter is the section that opens the discussion about the fold and. Apr 08, 20 therefore, the fold is the form of connection that follows the general principles of a deleuzian concept. Leibniz and the baroque in that essay, but she also refers to deleuze s book on michel foucault, and to alain badious essay on the fold.
May 03, 2004 does not simply go from one greater or smaller part to another, but from fold to fold. Understanding deleuzeextends to the reader deleuzes own invitation to think differently about cultural studies. In the fold, deleuze presents ruyer as a disciple of leibniz, but if. May 16, 2006 in the fold deleuze proposes a new and radical way of understanding philosophy and art. The baroque does not refer to an essence gottfried. From possible worlds to future folds simon osullivan. Folds and folding count among the most vital and resonant terms in deleuze s copious and varied writings.
This chapter examines philosopher gilles deleuze s concept of the sublime fold of religion. Antioedipus 1972 and a thousand plateaus 1980, both cowritten with felix guattari. The fold tells indirectly of the reincarnation of the francogerman philosopher through the baroque, as understood by focillon in its broadest and most influential way, that radiates through different histories, cultures, and worlds of knowledge. May 15, 2019 deleuze the fold leibniz and the baroque pdf. Opposed as it is to descartes, the world fold, viewed as it is from inside a cave, remains, for all that, fundamentally dualist. A model for expression in contemporary aesthetics, the concept of the monad is viewed in terms of folds of space, movement, and time. 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. Deleuze, leibniz and projective geometry in the fold article in angelaki journal of theoretical humanities 152. He is a key figure in poststructuralism, and one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century. The fold as a concept structure in architecture of postmodern time. The baroque is an operative function endlessly producing folds 2. This can be configured as a question of ownership, or of folding. Simon duffy builds his layered arguments progressively, offering increasing dividends to the persistent reader. Theyre at first sight extremely odd notions, almost crazy n 154.
Deleuze greatly admired leibniz, and even dedicated a book to the latters art of the foldhis particular treatment of and extensive recourse to continuumsin 1988. The pleats of matter a the fold that goes to infinity 1. Deleuze greatly admired leibniz, and even dedicated a book to the latters art of the fold his particular treatment of and extensive recourse to continuumsin 1988. Leibnitz et le baroque is a book by gilles deleuze which offers a new interpretation of the baroque and of the work of leibniz. Pdf deleuze the fold leibniz and the baroque kuhrar. It shows how deleuze s notion of folding captures some basic intuitions in leibniz and how they relate to each other. Therefore, the fold is the form of connection that follows the general principles of a deleuzian concept. Leibniz and the baroque 1984,1 his more profound and, i believe, more important engagement with leibniz had already occurred in difference and repetition 1968 and logic of sense 1969. It is likewise a radicalization of the present order. The depth of deleuzes reading of leibniz in the fold allows us to determine the consequences of treating deleuzes philosophy as a neobaroque, neoleibnizian philosophy. Deleuze s work may be the first and most daring venture. It is as though the fold constituted an attempt on the part of deleuze to put on leibniz s philosophy as a mask in order to see what the world might look like through, and by means, of it. The fold leibniz and the baroque gilles deleuze foreword and translation by tom conley a continuum contents continuum the tower building 15 east.
Deleuze also produced studies in the history of philosophy on hume, nietzsche, kant, bergson, spinoza, foucault, and leibniz, and on the arts a two volume study of the cinema, books on proust and sachermasoch, a work on the painter francis bacon, and a collection of essays on literature. Four things deleuze learned from leibniz springerlink. When a part of a machine is still a machine, the smaller unit is not the same as the whole. Gilles deleuze 19251995 was a french philosopher who wrote on philosophy, literature, film, and fine art. Leibniz, declares deleuze, stands as the the experience of the baroque entails that of the fold. A understanding deleuze vi understanding deleuze 12302 3. It shows how deleuze s notion of folding captures some basic intuitions in leibniz and how they relate to each.