Deleuze's Hume : philosophy, culture and the Scottish Enlightenment / [electronic resource]
Bell, Jeffrey A.,author.
This book offers the first extended comparison of the philosophies of Gilles Deleuze and David Hume.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [158]-166) and index.
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).
1. Staging the mind : from multiplicity to belief -- Ideas and impressions -- Transcendental empiricism -- Radical empiricism -- Reality of the virtual -- Belief -- 2. Becoming who we are -- Historical ontology -- Personal identity -- Creative evolution and pragmatics -- 3. The time of our life : historical ontology and creative events -- Problematizing history -- Creative events and counter-causality -- Kafka : a life, an event ... -- 4. Becoming civil : history and the discipline of institutions -- Hume and history -- The rise of arts and sciences -- Commerce and schizophrenia -- Institutions, power, and culture -- 5. Creating culture : the case of the Scottish Enlightenment -- Cultural preconscious -- Instituting culture -- Scottish Enlightenment -- From culture to canon -- 6. Beyond belief : Deleuze's Hume and the fear of politics -- Speech and event -- Beyond belief -- Speaking for the multitude -- Becoming-imperceptible.
This book offers the first extended comparison of the philosophies of Gilles Deleuze and David Hume.
Deleuze, Gilles, 1925-1995.
Hume, David, 1711-1776.
Enlightenment
Enlightenment
PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology.