UID:
almafu_9959674073002883
Format:
1 online resource (304 p.)
ISBN:
9780822395249
Series Statement:
New Slant: Religion, Politics, Ontology
Content:
In his writing, Gilles Deleuze drew on a vast array of source material, from philosophy and psychoanalysis to science and art. Yet scholars have largely neglected one of the intellectual currents underlying his work: Western esotericism, specifically the lineage of hermetic thought that extends from Late Antiquity into the Renaissance through the work of figures such as Iamblichus, Nicholas of Cusa, Pico della Mirandola, and Giordano Bruno. In this book, Joshua Ramey examines the extent to which Deleuze's ethics, metaphysics, and politics were informed by, and can only be fully understood through, this hermetic tradition.Identifying key hermetic moments in Deleuze's thought, including his theories of art, subjectivity, and immanence, Ramey argues that the philosopher's work represents a kind of contemporary hermeticism, a consistent experiment in unifying thought and affect, percept and concept, and mind and nature in order to engender new relations between knowledge, power, and desire. By uncovering and clarifying the hermetic strand in Deleuze's work, Ramey offers both a new interpretation of Deleuze, particularly his insistence that the development of thought demands a spiritual ordeal, and a framework for retrieving the pre-Kantian paradigm of philosophy as spiritual practice.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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List of Abbreviations --
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Acknowledgments --
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Introduction: Secrets of Immanence --
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1. Philosophical Modernity and Experimental Imperative --
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2. Dark Precursors: The Hermetic Tradition --
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3. The Force of Symbols: Deleuze and the Esoteric Sign --
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4. The Overturning of Platonism --
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5. Becoming Cosmic --
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6. The Politics of Sorcery --
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7. The Future of Belief --
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Coda: Experimental Faith --
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Notes --
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Bibliography --
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Index
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In English.
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9780822395249
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780822395249
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780822395249
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780822395249
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780822395249
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