Claire Parnet

Dialoger er en af de mest lettilgængelige, levende og umiddelbare bøger af den franske filosof Gilles Deleuze (1925-1995). Bogen, som er lavet i samarbejde med journalisten og Deleuzeeleven Claire Parnet, præsenterer mange begreber fra Deleuzes øvrige værker, bl.a. Tusind plateauer (skrevet sammen med Felix Guattari), men her i en formidlet form, hvor mange af tankens omveje, præmisser og mellemregninger forklares. Samtidig er det en bog, som er talt frem og rummer mange af samtalens bevægelige kvaliteter. Uddrag fra bogen: "Det er meget vanskeligt at "forklare sig" - i et interview, en dialog, en samtale. Som oftest sker det, når man stiller mig et spørgsmål, at jeg, selv når det vedrører mig, bliver klar over at jeg faktisk ikke har noget at sige. Spørgsmålene laves, ligesom andre ting. Hvis man ikke lader dig fremstille dine spørgsmål med elementer hentet alle vegne fra, ligegyldigt hvor, hvis man "stiller" dig spørgsmålene, så har du ikke noget særligt at sige. (...) Spørgsmålene rettes generelt mod en fremtid (eller en fortid). Kvindernes fremtid, revolutionens fremtid, filosofiens fremtid osv. Men i den mellemliggende tid, mens man går i cirkler om disse spørgsmål, er der tilblivelser, som indfinder sig i tavshed, og som er næsten uopfattelige. Man tænker for meget i personlige eller universelle historiske termer. Tilblivelserne er geografi, det er orienteringer, retninger, indgange og udgange."

French journalist Claire Parnet's famous dialogues with Gilles Deleuze offer an intimate portrait of the philosopher's life and thought. Conversational in tone, their engaging discussions delve deeply into Deleuze's philosophical background and development, the major concepts that shaped his work, and the essence of some of his famous relationships, especially his long collaboration with the philosopher Felix Guattari. Deleuze reconsiders Spinoza, empiricism, and the stoics alongside literature, psychoanalysis, and politics. He returns to the notions of minor literature, deterritorialization, the critical and clinical, and begins a nascent study of cinema. New to this edition is Deleuze's essay "Pericles and Verdi," which reflects on politics and historical materialism in the work of the influential French philosopher Francois ChA telet. An enduring record of Deleuze's unique personality and profound contributions to culture and philosophy, Dialogues II is a highly personable account of the evolution of one of the greatest critics and theorists of the twentieth century.

Gilles Deleuze (1925-1995) was Professor of Philosophy at the University of Paris VIII. He is a key figure in post-structuralism, and one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century. In "Dialogues II" Deleuze examines his philosophical pluralism in a series of discussions with Claire Parnet. Conversational in tone, this is the most personable and accessible of all Deleuze's writings, in which he describes his own philosophical background, relationships and development, and some of the central themes of his work. This second edition includes a new essay, 'The Actual and the Virtual'.