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Gilles Deleuze (1925-1995) was Professor of Philosophy at the University of Paris VIII. He is a key figure in poststructuralism, and one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century. In The Fold Deleuze proposes a new and radical way of understanding philosophy and art. Leibniz drew on the art of the baroque period in his invention of the concept of the fold; Deleuze develops the concept further to present a new way of practising philosophy based upon the fold as the relationship of difference with itself. Translated by Tom Conley.
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Gilles Deleuze (1925-1995) is a key figure in poststructuralism, and one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century. The author proposes a radical way of understanding philosophy and art. He develops the concept further to present a way of practising philosophy based upon the fold as the relationship of difference with itself.
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Table of Contents
Translator's Foreword: A Plea for Leibniz PART I: The Fold 1. The Pleats of Matter 2. The Folds in the Soul 3. What Is Baroque? PART II: Inclusions 4. Sufficient Reason 5. Incompossibility, Individuality, Liberty 6. What Is an Event? PART III: Having a Body 7. Perception in the Folds 8. The Two Floors 9. The New Harmony Notes Index