Deleuze identifies three pivotal concepts-duration, memory, and elan vital-that are found throughout Bergson's writings.
In this analysis of one major philosopher by another, Gilles Deleuze identifies three pivotal concepts-duration, memory, and elan vital-that are found throughout Bergson's writings and shows the relevance of Bergson's work to contemporary philosophical debates. Deleuze interprets and integrates these themes into a single philosophical program, arguing that Bergson's philosophical intentions are methodological. They are more than a polemic against the limitations of science and common sense, particularly in Bergson's elaboration of the explanatory powers of the notion of duration-thinking in terms of time rather than space.Bergsonism is also important to an understanding of Deleuze's own work, influenced as it is by Bergson.
- ISBN10 0942299078
- ISBN13 9780942299076
- Publish Date 1 September 1991 (first published 1 March 1988)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Zone Books
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 144
- Language English
- URL http://mitpress.mit.edu/9780942299076