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Title: Bergsonism by Gilles Deleuze, Hugh Tomlinson, Barbara Habberjam ISBN: 0-942299-07-8 Publisher: Zone Books Pub. Date: 08 November, 1990 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Insightful into Bergson, but it's really Bergson-Deleuze
Comment: In this book, Gilles Deleuze analyzes and supplements the work of philosopher Henri Bergson. The importance of this book lies in its ability to give insights not only into the work of Bergson but also into the later work of Deleuze.
For example, the first chapter of this book deals with Bergson's method of intuition. Interestingly enough, Deleuze applies this method to Bergson's own philosophy. In very basic terms, this method involves distinguishing "differences in kind" between elements (this is important, since Bergson believes that we usually go by false generalizations) and then bring together these elements once again but such that we understand them as they truly are and not as what Deleuze calls a "badly analyzed composite". In analyzing Bergson's philosophy, Deleuze distinguishes elan vital, duration, and memomory as the basic concepts. Furthermore, each of these concepts can only be understood in terms of intuition for various reasons; for example, that only intuition can grasp pure movement (duration). Throughout this book, Deleuze usually (although not always) gives an account of Bergson's concepts without assuming complete knowledge on the part of the reader, which is helpful. However, on the other hand, Deleuze doesn't always tell us what is "his" philosophy and what is Bergson's. Because of this, "Bergsonism" should not be utilized as a summary of Bergson's work. That is, even though Deleuze is clear enough for someone with little background in Bergson to understand much of this book, this does not mean that this person would then "know Bergson" but rather a Bergson-Deleuzian hybrid. This isn't a flaw to the book; rather, it merely suggests how it ought to be read. This short book is complex, but very well written by Deleuze, allowing for a maximum amount of information to be intelligibly conveyed in relatively few pages (although this isn't necessarily true of his later work); it moves at a brisk pace without losing the reader and is reccomended for both readers of Bergson and Deleuze.
Rating: 5
Summary: An Important Book on Bergson and Deleuze
Comment: This book is about Bergsonfs notions (especially matter and memory), but constitutes Deleuzefs view of the world because of his own interpretation of Bergson. At first, Deleuze mentions to this bookfs aim which is to determine the relationship between the three notions, duration, memory, and elan vital in Bergsonfs philosophy. Then, he considers intuition in Bergson which would be a method to achieve the aim. He sets five rules on intuition and probes the relationship between the three notions. Finally, he relates them in the process of differentiation. This notion of gdifferentiationh is very important in Deleuzefs philosophy, which is clear in his other books. Moreover, this book contains some interesting discussions such as criticism to Einsteinfs theory and to evolutionism. I think that this book is important to understand Deleuzefs philosophy and that it must be a very helpful guide to read his gCinema 1: The Movement-Imageh and gCinema 2: The Time-Imageh.
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Title: Matter and Memory by Henri Bergson, N. M. Paul, W. S. Palmer ISBN: 0942299051 Publisher: Zone Books Pub. Date: 08 November, 1990 List Price(USD): $16.50 |
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Title: Time and Free Will : An Essay on the Immediate Data of Consciousness by Henri Bergson ISBN: 0486417670 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 07 June, 2001 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Creative Evolution by Henri Bergson ISBN: 0486400360 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 19 March, 1998 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Difference and Repetition by Gilles Deleuze, Paul Patton ISBN: 0231081596 Publisher: Columbia University Press Pub. Date: 15 April, 1995 List Price(USD): $22.50 |
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Title: The Logic of Sense by Gilles Deleuze, Constantin V. Boundas, Mark Lester, Charles Stivale, Charles Stivale ISBN: 0231059833 Publisher: Columbia University Press Pub. Date: 15 April, 1990 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
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