History and Becoming: Deleuze's Philosophy of Creativity

Craig Lundy

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June, 2012
Cloth, 216 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-7486-4530-5
Edinburgh University Press
$105.00

How are we to understand the process of transformation, the creation of the new, and its relation to what has come before? In History and Becoming, Craig Lundy puts forward a series of fresh and provocative responses to this enduring problematic. Through an analysis of Gilles Deleuze's major solo works and his collaborations with Félix Guattari, he demonstrates how history and becoming work together in driving novelty, transmutation and experimentation. What emerges from this exploration is a new way of thinking about history and the vital role it plays in bringing forth the future.


Key features

-Provides a novel approach to and appreciation of Deleuze's philosophy of creativity
-Demonstrates the importance of history to Deleuze's conception of becoming
-Charts the relation of history and becoming throughout Deleuze's corpus
-Shows how history can be creative, virtual and nonlinear

Related Subjects

• Continental/Feminist Philosophy
• Literary Criticism and Theory

Series

• Plateaus -- New Directions in Deleuze Studies

About the Author

Craig Lundy teaches Politics at the University of Exeter. He received his PhD in philosophy from the University of New South Wales.

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