The Priority of Events: Deleuze's Logic of Sense - Paperback

by Sean Bowden (Author)

Sean Bowden shows you how the Deleuzian event should be understood in terms of the broader metaphysical thesis that fixed things or substances are always secondary with respect to events. He achieves this through a reconstruction of Deleuze's relation to the history of thought from the Stoics through to Simondon, taking account of Leibniz, Lautman, structuralism and psychoanalysis along the way. Key features: - Focuses on Deleuze's concept of events and highlights the philosophical richness of The Logic of Sense- Engages with material by Lautman and Simondon that has not yet been translated into English- Examines and clarifies a number of Deleuze's most difficult philosophical concepts, including sense, problematic Ideas and intensive individuation

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AUTHOR APPROVED

'This book will readily take its place as one of the most important volumes in all of Deleuze Studies.'

Nick Nesbitt, Princeton University

'This is a wide-ranging and penetrating study of one of Deleuze's most important works. A superb book.'

Daniel W. Smith, Purdue University

An incisive analysis of Deleuze's philosophy of events

Sean Bowden shows how the Deleuzian event should be understood in terms of the broader metaphysical thesis that substances are ontologically secondary with respect to events. He achieves this through a reconstruction of Deleuze's relation to the history of thought from the Stoics through to Simondon, taking account of Leibniz, Lautman, structuralism and psychoanalysis along the way.

This exciting new reading of Deleuze focuses firmly on his approach to events. Bowden also examines and clarifies a number of Deleuze's most difficult philosophical concepts, including sense, problematic Ideas and intensive individuation, and engages with material by Lautman and Simondon that has not yet been translated into English.

Sean Bowden lectures in philosophy at Deakin University and is a Research Fellow in the Philosophy Program at La Trobe University. He is the co-editor of Badiou and Philosophy, forthcoming with Edinburgh University Press.

Author Biography

Sean Bowden is Alfred Deakin Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Deakin University.