| Deleuze's Literary Clinic: Criticism and the Politics of Symptoms Contributor(s): Tynan, Aidan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0748650555 ISBN-13: 9780748650552 Publisher: Edinburgh University Press OUR PRICE: $118.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Movements - Deconstruction - Literary Criticism - Philosophy | Criticism |
| Dewey: 194 |
| Series: Plateaus - New Directions in Deleuze Studies |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.2" W x 9.3" (1.15 lbs) 200 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Tynan addresses Deleuze's assertion, that 'literature is an enterprise of health', and shows how a concern of health and illness was a characteristic of his philosophy as a whole, from his earliest works to his collaborations with Guattari, to his final, enigmatic statements on 'life'. He explains why alcoholism, anorexia, manic depression and schizophrenia are key concepts in Deleuze's literary theory, and shows how, with the turn to schizoanalysis, literature takes on a crucial political and ethical role in helping us to diagnose our present pathologies and articulate the possibilities of a health to come. |