The Deleuze Dictionary - Edited by Adrian Parr - Columbia University Press, Usa, 21 nov. 2012 (Paperback)

This dictionary, the first dedicated to the work of Gilles Deleuze, offers an in-depth and lucid introduction to one of the most influential figures in continental philosophy. It defines and contextualizes more than 150 terms relating to Deleuze's philosophy, including “becoming,” “body without organs,” “deterritorialization,” “difference,” “repetition,” and “rhizome.” The entries also explore Deleuze's intellectual influences and the ways in which his ideas have shaped philosophy, feminism, cinema studies, postcolonial theory, geography, and cultural studies. More than just defining and describing specific terms, the dictionary elaborates on Deleuze's ideas to reveal the varied applications of his philosophy.

The contributors, who include some of the most prominent Deleuze scholars, bring their expert knowledge and critical opinion to bear on the entries. Their work provides a range of theoretical, historical, and aesthetic contexts for anyone interested in Deleuzian thought.

Contributors include: Ronald Bogue, University of Georgia; Rosi Braidotti, Utrecht University; Claire Colebrook, University of Edinburgh; Tom Conley, Harvard University; Eugene Holland, Ohio State University; Tamsin Lorraine, Swarthmore College; Paul Patton, University of New South Wales; Kenneth Surin, Duke University; Alberto Toscano, Goldsmiths College

Adrian Parr is professor of contemporary art and design at the Savannah College of Art and Design. She is the coeditor (with Ian Buchanan) of Deleuze and the Contemporary World.

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Deleuze in China: 2012 Kaifeng International Deleuze Conference

2012 Kaifeng International Deleuze Conference

May 18，2012–May 21，2012

College of Foreign Languages，Henan University

2012 Kaifeng International Deleuze Conference, hosted by College of Foreign Languages, Henan University, in collaboration with University of New South Wales, Australia, will be held in Kaifeng City, a famous ancient capital city of seven dynasties. We invite participation by Chinese and international scholars. This conference will provide an opportunity for Chinese and international scholars to exchange ideas around the work of Gilles Deleuze.

Keynote Speakers include:

• Anne Sauvagnargues (Université Paris Ouest Nanterre, France)
• Ronald Bogue (University of Georgia, USA)
• Rosi Braidotti (Utrecht University, Netherlands)
• Brian Massumi (Université de Montréal)

Invited Speakers include:

• Paul Patton (University of New South Wales, Australia)
• Daniel W. Smith (Purdue University, USA)
• Patricia Pisters (University of Amsterdam, Netherlands)
• Ian Buchanan (University of Wollongong, Australia)
• Manola Antonioli (École Supérieure d'Art et de Design de Valenciennes, France)
• Kim Sang-Hwan (Seoul National University, South Korea)
• Chan-Woong Lee (Ewha Womans University, South Korea)
• Timothy O'Leary (Hong Kong University)
• Eugene W. Holland (The Ohio State University)
• Charles J. Stivale (Wayne State University)
• Gao Jihai (Henan University, China)
• Du Xiaozhen (Peking University, China)
• Wang Minan (Beijing Foreign Languages University, China)
• Jiang Yuhui (East China Normal University, China)

Topics include:

• 1. Interpretation of important Deleuzian concepts;
• 2. Deleuze and cinema, art, philosophy, painting, literature, politics, music, religion, architecture, etc.;
• 3. Deleuze and other poststructuralist philosophers such as Derrida, Foucault, etc.;
• 4. Deleuze and psychoanalysis: Freud, Lacan, Guattari;
• 5. Developing and transcending Deleuze: the application of Deleuzian ideas in Arts and Humanities disciplines in China and throughout the world.

We welcome individual abstracts as well as panel proposals from scholars both at home and abroad. An English version of the abstract is required for domestic scholars and scholars from other non-English speaking countries: it should be between 300 to 500 words. Keynote speeches (40-55 minutes) will be in English and Chinese with simultaneous translation. Those interested in participating in the conference should send a title, keywords and abstract to 2012kdic@gmail.com before October, 31, 2011. Those interested in proposing panel topics should send panel proposals to 2012kdic@gmail.com before October 31, 2011. Attendance at the conference will be limited so a selection will be made on the basis of abstracts submitted. Papers selected will be notified by December 1st 2011. The deadline for full conference papers (20-25 minutes) is March 15, 2012.

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Afterimages of Gilles Deleuze’s Film Philosophy - D. N. Rodowick, editor -(Minnesota University Press, Usa, 2009)

A critical debate on the importance—and usefulness—of Deleuze’s film theory

The first new collection of critical studies on Deleuze’s cinema writings in nearly a decade, Afterimages of Gilles Deleuze’s Film Philosophyprovides original essays that evaluate the continuing significance of Deleuze’s film theories, accounting systematically for the ways in which they have influenced the investigation of contemporary visual culture and offering new directions for research.

Contributors: Raymond Bellour, Centre Nationale de Recherches Scientifiques; Ronald Bogue, U of Georgia; Giuliana Bruno, Harvard U; Ian Buchanan, Cardiff U; James K. Chandler, U of Chicago; Tom Conley, Harvard U; Amy Herzog, CUNY; András Bálint Kovács, Eötvös Loránd U; Patricia MacCormack, Anglia Ruskin U; Timothy Murray, Cornell U; Dorothea Olkowski, U of Colorado; John Rajchman, Columbia U; Marie-Claire Ropars-Wuilleumier, U Paris VIII; Garrett Stewart, U of Iowa; Damian Sutton, Glasgow School of Art; Melinda Szaloky, UC Santa Barbara

The French philosopher Gilles Deleuze was one of the most innovative and revolutionary thinkers of the twentieth century. Author of more than twenty books on literature, music, and the visual arts, Deleuze published the first volume of his two-volume study of film, Cinema 1: The Movement-Image, in 1983 and the second volume, Cinema 2: The Time-Image, in 1985. Since their publication, these books have had a profound impact on the study of film and philosophy. Film, media, and cultural studies scholars still grapple today with how they can most productively incorporate Deleuze’s thought.

The first new collection of critical studies on Deleuze’s cinema writings in nearly a decade, Afterimages of Gilles Deleuze’s Film Philosophy provides original essays that evaluate the continuing significance of Deleuze’s film theories, accounting systematically for the ways in which they have influenced the investigation of contemporary visual culture and offering new directions for research.

 D. N. Rodowick is professor of visual and environmental studies and director of Graduate Studies in Film and Visual Studies at Harvard University. He is the author of many books, including The Virtual Life of Film and Gilles Deleuze’s Time Machine.

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27.10.2011 - Gilles Deleuze. The Intensive Reduction - Constantin V. Boundas (Continuum, Uk, Paperback)

Pub. date: 27 Oct 2011 (Paperback)
Pub. date: 15 Feb 2009 (Hardcover)

Description

Gilles Deleuze: The Intensive Reduction brings together eighteen essays written by an internationally acclaimed team of scholars to provide a comprehensive overview of the work of Gilles Deleuze, one of the most important and influential European thinkers of the twentieth century. Each essay addresses a central issue in Deleuze’s philosophy (and that of his regular co-author, Félix Guattari) that remains to this day controversial and unsettled. 
Since Deleuze’s death in 1995, the technical aspects of his philosophy have been largely neglected. These essays address that gap in the existing scholarship by focusing on his contribution to philosophy. Each contributor advances the discussion of a contested point in the philosophy of Deleuze to shed new light on as yet poorly-understood problems and to stimulate new and vigorous exchanges regarding his relationship to philosophy, schizoanlysis, his aesthetic, ethical and political thought. 
Together, the essays in this volume make an invaluable contribution to our understanding of Deleuze’s philosophy.

Introduction 
Part I: Deleuze and Philosophy 1. Deleuze and the Question of Ontology, Véronique Bergen (University of Paris VIII, France) 
2. The 'Future' of Deleuze: An Unfinished Project, Zsuzsa Baross (Trent University, Canada) 
3. The New Harmony, Ronald Bogue (University of Georgia, USA) 
4. The New Whitehead?: An Ontology of the 'Virtual' in Whitehead's Metaphysics,Keith Robinson (Davenport University, USA) 
Part II: Schizoanalysis and Lacan
5. On the Idea of Pure Practical Reason in Kant, Deleuze and Lacan, Andrew Cutrofello (Loyola University Chicago, USA) 
6. What if the Law is Written in a Porno Book? Deterritorializing Lacan, De-Oedipalizing Deleuze and Guattari, Shannon Winnubst (Southwestern University, USA)
7. From the Surface to the Depths: On the Transition from Logic of Sense to Anti-Oedipus, Daniel W. Smith (Purdue University, USA) 
Part III: Deleuze and the Arts 8. Deleuze, Philosophy and the Materiality of Painting, Darren Ambrose (University of Warwick, UK) 
9. Deleuze and Merleau-Ponty: Aesthetics of Difference, Henry Somers-Hall (University of Warwick, UK)
10. From the Death of the Author to the Disappearance of the Reader, Bruce Baugh (University College of the Cariboo, Canada) 
Part IV: Deleuze: The Ethical and the Political 11. Affirmation versus Vulnerability: On Contemporary Ethical Debates, Rosi Braidotti (Utrecht University, the Netherlands) 
12. From First Sparks to Local Clashes: Which Politics Today?, Philippe Mengue (Collège International de Philosophie, Paris, France) 
13. Deleuze's Practical Philosophy, Paul Patton (University of New South Wales, Australia) 
14. Gilles Deleuze's Politics: From Marxism to the Missing People, Alain Beaulieu (University of Sudbury, Canada) 
15. Affirmative Nomadology and War Machine, Eugene Holland (Ohio State University, USA) 
16. Deleuze and the 'Pairing at a Distance', Arnaud Villani (Lycée Masséna, Nice, France) 
List of Contributors 
Index

Author(s)

Constantin V. Boundas,

Constantin V. Boundas is Professor of Philosophy at Trent University, Canada. He is the editor of The Deleuze Reader (Columbia UP, 1993) and, with Dorothea Olkowski, The Theater of Philosophy: Critical Essays on Gilles Deleuze (Routledge, 1994). He is also the translator of Deleuze's The Logic of Sense (Continuum, 2002) andEmpiricism and Subjectivity (Columbia UP, 1991).

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27.10.2011 - Charles J. Stivale - Gilles Deleuze: Key Concepts (Acumen Publishing; Paperback, second edition re-visited)

Publication Date: 27 Oct 2011
DESCRIPTION:

Gilles Deleuze is now regarded as one of the most radical philosophers of the twentieth century. His work is hugely influential across a range of subjects, from philosophy and literature to art, architecture and cultural studies. Gilles Deleuze: Key Concepts brings together leading specialists from a variety of different disciplines to introduce the central concepts in Gilles Deleuze's work. The concepts Deleuze employs in his writings are key to understanding his philosophical approach: they work to unsettle particular bodies of knowledge, to open them up, and to link them to other concepts within and outside those bodies of knowledge. These short and accessible chapters each focus on a single concept and explain what the concept is and what it does. Among the concepts examined are assemblage, the fold, difference and repetition, cinema and desire. The contributors consider how the concepts engage, intersect, and link, and how they relate to other areas of postmodern thought.

Gilles Deleuze: Key Concepts is aimed at a readership coming to Deleuze for the first time both from within philosophy and from outside the discipline. It offers an invaluable guide to reading Deleuze's challenging and important body of work.

AUTHOR BIO:
Charles J. Stivale is Distinguished Professor of French at Wayne State University, Detroit.


CONTENTS:
Contributors
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction Charles J. Stivale
Part I: Philosophies
1. Force Kenneth Surin
2. Expression Gregg Lambert
3. Difference, repetition Melissa McMahon
4. Desire Eugene W. Holland
Part II: Encounters
5. Sense, series Judith L. Poxon & Charles J. Stivale6. Event, James Williams
7. Assemblage J. Macgregor Wise
8. Micropolitics Karen Houle
9. Becoming-woman Patty Sotirin
10. The Minor Ronald Bogue
11. Style, stutter Christa Albrecht-Crane
12. Logic of Sensation Jennifer Daryl Slack
13. Cinema: movement-image-recognition-time Felicity J. Colman
Part III: Folds
14. From affection to soul Gregory J. Seigworth
15. Folds and folding Tom Conley
16. Critical, clinical Daniel W. Smith17. Philosophy, Gregory Flaxman
Chronology of Gilles Deleuze
References
Index


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