The Hermetic Deleuze

Philosophy and Spiritual Ordeal

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Religious, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Politics, History & Theory
Cover of the book The Hermetic Deleuze by Joshua Ramey, Duke University Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Joshua Ramey ISBN: 9780822395249
Publisher: Duke University Press Publication: August 20, 2012
Imprint: Duke University Press Books Language: English
Author: Joshua Ramey
ISBN: 9780822395249
Publisher: Duke University Press
Publication: August 20, 2012
Imprint: Duke University Press Books
Language: English

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.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

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.

More books from Duke University Press

Cover of the book A View from the Bottom by Joshua Ramey
Cover of the book The Beautiful Generation by Joshua Ramey
Cover of the book Designs for an Anthropology of the Contemporary by Joshua Ramey
Cover of the book Misers, Shrews, and Polygamists by Joshua Ramey
Cover of the book The Race of Sound by Joshua Ramey
Cover of the book The Assassination of Theo van Gogh by Joshua Ramey
Cover of the book Second Chances by Joshua Ramey
Cover of the book Human Rights and the Care of the Self by Joshua Ramey
Cover of the book Mr. Justice Black and His Critics by Joshua Ramey
Cover of the book The Fetish Revisited by Joshua Ramey
Cover of the book The Promise of Happiness by Joshua Ramey
Cover of the book Dissent from the Homeland by Joshua Ramey
Cover of the book Politics without a Past by Joshua Ramey
Cover of the book Democracy and Other Neoliberal Fantasies by Joshua Ramey
Cover of the book Consuming Russia by Joshua Ramey
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy