Deleuze and the Problem of Affect

Perhaps more than any other philosopher, Deleuze has been pivotal for the recent 'affective turn' in philosophy and the humanities at large. Critics and proponents alike, however, have yet to appreciate the extent to which Deleuze himself remains profoundly ambivalent toward affect and embodiment in general. In this book, D. J. S. Cross argues that this ambivalence and its longevity have been overlooked because they only become apparent through a systematic analysis of affect throughout Deleuze's work. By outlining how, from beginning to end, Deleuze's system of thought both ruptures and complies with the tradition, Cross recalibrates Deleuze's philosophy and the recent 'affective turn' that hinges upon it.

Author: D. J. S. Cross
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Published: 05/22/2023
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.64d
ISBN: 9781474485555

About the Author

D. J. S. Cross is Research Visiting Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature at the the State University of New York at Buffalo. He is the author of a number of journal articles including in Deleuze and Guattari Studies, Philosophy Today, Derrida Today and The New Centennial Review. He is co-translator of The Trial of Hatred: An Essay on the Refusal of Violence by Marc Crépon (EUP, 2021) and The Vocation of Writing: Literature, Philosophy, and the Test of Violence by Marc Crépon (SUNY, 2018).