The aim of this seminar is to provide a way into Deleuze’s magnum opus, Difference and Repetition (1968), through a close reading of its third chapter (“The Image of Thought”).  As a way of approaching that complex chapter, however, and introducing some of Deleuze’s key concepts, we’ll begin by reading a number of shorter texts, from his early review of Jean Hyppolite’s Logique et existence to his studies on Bergson, Nietzsche, Kant, and Proust.  

Students will be expected to give presentations of selected passages and reports on previous seminars.  

A 5,000 words essay will be due.  See the departmental website for the schedule of submission deadlines.