Isolated experiences
Subtitle: Gilles Deleuze and the solitudes of reversed Platonism
By: James Brusseau.
Series: SUNY series in contemporary continental philosophy
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Albany, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 223
Subjects: Deleuze, Gilles.
Description: By extending Gilles Deleuze's philosophy through diverse literary tracts, this book develops an account of what it means to be different and enters important contemporary debates about identity and the nature of solitude. At the same time, the book elaborates a limited philosophy. From unusual writings and rare human experiences, James Brusseau forges compelling understandings that scrupulously preserve his subjects irregularities.

The resulting philosophic narrative remains strictly localized; it elucidates narrow bands of experience and refuses broadening generalizations. An energetic interaction between philosophy and literature drives this book. Brusseau weaves back and forth between the genres, engaging diverse literatures not only to embody but also to refine his philosophic positions. The literary authors he discusses range from Shakespeare and Fitzgerald to Borges, Bataille, and Eberhardt.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-220] and index.