Introduction to Deleuze: Difference and Repetition
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- Опубликовано: 8 фев 2025
- I introduce the thought of Gilles Deleuze through his 1968 book, Difference and Repetition. I look at Deleuze's basic concepts - especially difference, repetition and the virtual; his relationship to philosophers like Spinoza and Kant; and how he provides some of the ontological foundations for other 'poststructural' or postmodern theorists like Foucault and Derrida.
I also look at the relationship between the virtual, the Idea and the multiplicity - all important concepts for understanding the rest of Deleuze's work. This introduction should serve to give a fuller understanding of ideas like the Rhizome, the haecceity and 'lines of flight' that are a large part of his later work with Félix Guattari - a Thousand Plateaus. Most importantly, I try to make understanding Deleuze as simple as possible!
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This is an amazing service you’re providing and a much needed alternative to the School of Lite.
Thank you! Glad you're enjoying
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We *need* some basic philosopher courses in a Brit-ish accent
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Seriously changed my life with this video, if you didn't introduce me to Deleuze I'd still be deeply frustrated in search for the language to translate and sher these deeply complex and confusing visions and ideas that I've had but never been able to pin down in language for myself or others, and if I didn't stumble across this last year my direction would be undoubtedly in a different direction in my philosophical journey.
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Hell yeah! What do you think of Deleuze now, 3 years later? Are there any other thinkers he led you to?
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As a PhD student who studies Critical Posthumanism based on Deleuzian ontology I can only say: thank you
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Totally agree. Hats off and so much respect
It was time for this! Deleuze is too relevant not to have good video essays on his philosophy.
Just some remarks. Deleuze began conceptualizing an ontology of difference rather than identity, but some may argue that he, after Guattari, somewhat changed that to accommodate the multiple, with a new more pluralist ontology of multiplicity. The same goes to understanding Deleuze as a monist, as some people may argue he got further and further from defending unifying conceptual structures beyond the aesthetic, or that his paradox Pluralism = Monism gave a new layer to his position, that couldn't be stated as a monism as it is commonly understood.
And you should have probably used his term "concept" instead of "idea", since they are not equal in his metaphysics.
Glad to finally see a good intro essay on Deleuze here on RUclips. Keep it up, do A Thousand Plateaus next!
He's right to use idea, since Deleuze bashes "the concept" in this work, before eventually coming back to it in WiP. On the monist point and the change in his thinking, or at least terminology, one of the stranger things is that he gives such pride of place to the concept of univocity in this work, but it entirely vanishes afterwards. I've always puzzled at the changes between his works, ATP unleashes a whole new conceptual apparatus, even if it is motivated by basically the same problems.
@@liledman76 I find that ( paradoxically ?) semantics often gets in the way when one tries to describe ATP's work. It could be argued ( in response on your comment ) that Deleuze idea's on 'The concept' becomes a concept in itself the moment one wants to describe it.
This is what a lot of Bundle Theorists have to say on Spinoza's "substance"
the act of trying to conceiving of an eternal or an infinite gives it a conceptual boundary that is inherently limiting
Yes in a function of determinations of your biology contrasted by the multipicities and assemblages who defy the process of his ontology of biological determinations of l in difference. We can do that for you but that's not what I wanted. Metaphysics is old epistimic systems of causality that fall short of proper causality of ontological processes in difference, these systems of metaphysical ontology were deconstructed by Heidegger. I wouldn't say conceptualizing but actual doing by being-in-the-world while at odds with methods of epistimic, metaphysic systems to fully authenticate your biology, as defined in difference within a process of being-towards-death in ontic formations of the ontological of Dasein. In a way it is similar, at least the one I read, various conceptual frameworks, like heideggerian ontology but easier to understand; however he doesn't relate them in forms of reductive processing in various ontology forms (he shouldn't have to,) but defines the concepts rather than demonstrating the emergence of biological determinations within the difference of repetition ontology. The problem of ontology of multiplication is the inversion of difference in the assemblage and possible worlds of the I in its formation after rejected through difference. And difference can be simply refined by a discharge from repetition of a schedule, not eating 3 times a day, or other programs of being have a schedule within' temporal processes that's in repetition within' systems of ontology that are naturally rejected in difference then synthesized into biological determinations of repetition at odds with difference. Truth is irrelevant and knowledge of things is processed after in difference.
Hi I’m doing my PhD on education ; my area of research is post structuralism.i started reading difference and repetition. I decided to get an understanding so found your channel which I found very useful . Thanks immensely !
Thank you so much for making this. You're giving sooo valuable insight into thought that is hard to access and understand yet has such radical potential to reshape how we conceptualize everything!
Make more videos about Deleuze please!
Coming up soon!
Please do!
@@ThenNow :(
It took me so many re-watches to finally understand the whole video.
Cigol Simons that’s been my entire experience with poststructuralist philosophy
I think it's such a different way of looking at things so it's to be expected. :)
@@timhorton2486 Man, if you, like, don't understand it, like, that's so oppressive of the other - so reductive, totalising and fascist! My favourite piece of philosophy was written by Desmond, a crack and cider addict who lives in the local bus station. I gave him a keyboard and asked him to authentically write his explanation of ontological reality. He tried to eat the keyboard - but I just know what he was saying. I've had that keyboard now for 5 years and I still can't quite grasp Desmond's explanations. I may do a video on it on my channel - it's called Wake Up You Stupid Cunt! This Shit has NO Fuckin' Meaning - and that's it's Point!
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@@timhorton2486 You're welcome, my son. I can make it even simpler - just read 1st rate thinkers and avoid the 3rd and 4th rate and below. There are many 2nd rate tinkers of note that you should think about - and some of them are involved in the perverse dance of bullshittery, that pampered and pretentious people find so fascinating. Just take a tip from science - it's about practical use. If you stuck to real knowledge, you'd know that.
This channel never fails to deliver.
Still one of the best video essays on Deleuze on RUclips.
What makes this video and in fact the whole channel is the quality of production and the depth of insight with regards the materials.
There are a lot of philosophy channels on RUclips, they tend to run the gambit between evangelising the host (philosophy tube) or so dumbing down,overly simplifying or worse losing the point of the material(the school of life).
This is a wonderful channel that provides real utility!
Thank you so much for creating this video. I am a visual artist writing my Masters by Research exegesis, and this overview has really helped me. I would love another on the rhizome as this idea has revolutionised the way I think about the creative process and myself in the world.
thank u eagerly waiting for a vid on anti Oedipus
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I´m so indentified with both Spinoza and Kant, and now i fiind Deleuze. I´m sure that i will enjoy read his ideas.
Thanks!
Really poignant balance of content and presentation, between abundance and clarity.
Wow, this has to be the best ever explanation of Deleuze, I am just reading difference and repetition and was looking for a way to understand the basics in plain English first thanks so much really enjoy your programmes.
As a sociology student from Turkey, I would like to thank you for this great video :) And now I am waiting for the concept of desire and its relation to object in Deleuze.
Thank you! I'm reading ATP, and this is exactly the kind of stuff I need to move through it. :) You've helped me a lot.
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Ah thank you!
I am very grateful for this video. I'm starting to read Deleuze and you helped a lot. Greetings from Brazil!
Oi amiguinha compatriota, esse canal tem muitos vídeos bons. Recomendo sobre Foucault também!!
This might be my new favorite video of yours. Looking forward to more content on Deleuze. ❤️
Great to hear, thanks!
Interesting, I never thought of Deleuze’s points like that.
I just recently discovered this channel and it has quickly become my favourite phil channel by far. great work!
Thank you! Glad you're enjoying :)
this was a pretty faithful and clear overview of the basic "logic" of Delueze... thank you.
Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge in such an accessible way. You are really helping me progress in my degree in Psychology!
So glad I could help :)
It was a great explanation about a very complicated and "hard to understand" philosopher... Thanks!
I'm honestly shocked I could understand even half of that, you're pretty good at explaining stuff XD
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I love your channel, and thanks for exploring one of my favourite thinkers. His metaphysics, conscious or not, influenced me through my social science degrees. I want to explore more, but I stopped because I need to explore Kant - and as you wrote, Spinoza. But, don't forget Nietzsche and Bergson.
Also, Deleuze did critique structuralism, even writing a paper on how we recognise structures. His poststructuralism is definitely deeper than those concerned with language. Your section on the Virtual encapsulates this changing structure, the focus on flows, desire, lines of flight, assemblages, and most importantly, the Rhizome, his image of thought that is different to Aristotle's Tree/hierarchal thinking. The Rhizome has no hierarchy, beginning, end, direction, filled with connections that lead to the Actual (I think reflected in the growth of the rhizome, I.e. mushrooms ect.).
What video did you release that led to demonitarisation?
Please keep going with Deleuze 🙏 he's an intellectual struggle.
But really what i like about it till this moment is, when you raise a repeating, a difference (as an idea, or a concept) you raise certain value of human's intellectuality, it pushes your mind confidence forward. It praises your ideas. They are maybe not wrong but different, the philosophy of Deleuze recreates human after "human was dead".
But as soon as the human is dead, long live the human.
As soon as the human is alive, long dead the human..
Very interesting! Some concepts mentioned remind me of the buddhist's philosophy of impermanence and emptiness (absence of inherent existence).
I recommend Nagarjuna's Mulamadhyamakakarika or Candrakirti's Madhyamakavatara if anyone is interested! :D
this comment made me move into a Zen monastery
@@eccotom1 It's your turn to put the bins out
I think history might look back on Deleuze in 100 years time as the most important philosopher of the 2nd half of the 20th century in opening the gate to new ideas... something I'm trying to write about myself. Glad to have stumbled upon this thinker. He probably already said a lot of what I wish to say.
With these types of videos, my brain cells really appreciate the British accent
G.D. would have remained inaccessible to me without your explanation. Thank you
This greatly helps my understanding of the philosophy of the CCRU.
Thank you very much for this vid! It brought to me a lot of new ideas
extremely wonderful and simple explanation of Deleuze
now I can reread and dive in :)
Great work man
A well-composed, brief, and lucid explanation of a profound thinker. I'm happy you are here.
Muito obrigada❤️👏🎶
Thank you for the depth and respect for the Seperatio step of the alchemical process
It's very strange to me how RUclips is demonetizing so many channels all across the spectrum. People like to assume it's only those of particular genres/content, but that's incorrect. It seems to be impacting nearly everybody on this site (aside from, perhaps, the major corporate channels, especially big media companies). Useful as this site has been, it's not a bad idea to start uploading copies to other video platforms as a back-up or laying the groundwork for a future financial alternative.
Just sad to see so many useful channels demonetized for seemingly no good reason.
Commenting so I will get more recommendations of this! Amazing content!
I truly appreciate your effort, and I wish to find another video for you about this rhizomatous philosopher!
Nice. I really enjoyed the slow paced clearly spoken and well-structured content. A lot of hard work has gone into the making of this video. Thanks man.
Brilliant! I was looking a few weeks ago for a run down of Deleuze and couldnt find anything. This is perfect, thanks for the excellent video.
beautiful video!!! making concepts visible such as the "virtual". Amazing, please keep making these videos, You're putting Deleuze on film, making the image speak.
These videos are so fucking good. Unbelievable how much time, effort and love you put in these videos. Well done, loving it!
Thanks for this! I stumbled into Deluze and with your help feel like a few things are clicking for me at once!
A brilliant perspective and explanation of Deleuze's work ! Thank you.
Thanks for making something impossibly deep relatively simple to understand.
Thank you, Nicholas!
This Deluze guy seems insanely creative
these vids are great as a way to make sure I understand wtf it is I'm reading-- thanks
I would especially appreciate a window into Anti-Oedipus and its connection to May of '68. Thanks!
Love the pace of this
You're great at explaining these complex ideas. Thanks a lot!
Excellent job on explaining philosophers and their works, you should be a teacher in your career.
I think I got majority of it... brain feels exhausted, overloaded
thanks a lot for the explanation
Jeeej, Love the vid. Clearly explained to understand Deleuze and one of his key concept. Can't wait for the nexts!
Please make more videos about this type of more contemporary thinkers, such as Guattari, Agamben, Kristeva, Parisi, please, they're so difficult yet so fascinating… and your videos do help a lot on understanding them better
finally...a commercial that matches the content of the video...Yo Yo Ma! "Perfectionism vs expression!" (repetition vs difference) How poetic!
What a fantastic video! Really helped explained Deleuze
Then and Now, have you ever read Zen philosophy? It's fascinating to me how Deleuze had some crossover with the emphasis that some Zen thinkers place on how thought is an inadequate representation of the ultimate reality we live in. Just something you may want to give a try!
It’s also an old Christian idea that god can’t be approached with knowing but unknowing
On Substance vs. Process metaphysics as the temporal aspect of identity and difference, because quite a bit of people first think "temporal" when it comes to difference, equations in physics formalize the process as a non-changing, formal object, abstracting a being out of becoming, still an equation while blurring the line between process and substance, essence and existence, remains a differential structure and the difference defines its identity.
I just started reading Delouze and what I got out of it so far is that there is chaos that is a sort of field that is in constant flux, not static, like white noise is all audible frequencies at once and they are all constantly interacting with each other. A sine wave is a repetition, in white noise there is also that sine wave but to isolate it you need to repeat it over time, it needs to stand out. I can see an object because the light repeatedly bounces of the object instead of moving freely in chaos.
When those repeated objects interact with other parts of itself or other objects then you have rhythm, like a flower opening under the sunlight or dozens of muscles, ligaments, nerves and joints working in sync to grab a can of soda.
That is what I got out of it so far but I might be off.
Really recommend Manuel De Landa's books for an accessible approach to Deleuze that isn't just a "for dummies"
This was a great video. Looking forward to the rest of the series. There are some interesting parallels between Deleuze and Whitehead that may be interesting to explore at some point. Thanks!
As good an explanation as I've received it on Deleuze. Thank you!
Can anyone tell me about some concrete examples of how Deleuze's thoughts were practically implemented into anything, such as personal lives, politics, natural sciences, etc.?
these videos are honestly fantastic, keep it up dude
Thank you, much appreciated!
This is still such a good video. Thanks so much for all of your work. I really mean it.
He is the most important philosopher of all time.
Thank you for making Deleuze not boring every other video was boring
Excellent introduction to Deleuze. It seems that what Deleuze means by "generalization" is "inductive inference" in the philosophical language.
Wow you explain this 100x clearer than truediltom. You're my go to philosophy tuber now, thank you.
I am beginning to understand Deleuze, thank you so much.
Discovered your channel today - fantastic stuff! Please more Deleuze.
Bergson - nuff said :)
"The phantasms of the surface replace the hallucinations of depth; dreams of accelerated gliding replace the painful nightmare of burial and absorption."
This is the quote I remember from reading Deleuze. The Logic of Sense changed my life.
His work with Felix is of course masterful in it's own way ("God is a Lobster" words to live by, indeed).
I can't reccomend the amazing experience of his Abecadaire, his run through of topics starting with the prompts of the letters of the alphabet. I had it across three DVDs and watched it with a great friend in one long, very heavy, sitting.
Just go for it, I say, you've got nothing Deleuze...
Thanks a lot for this enormous explanation of Deleuze!!!
Spinoza, Kant...what about Bergson? You might have mentioned this major influence for Deleuze
Marx maybe?
"BergZon"
Brilliant. Life changing. Thank you so much.
Please consider doing a video on Paul de Man. He may not be as well known as Michel Foucault, but his influence on literary theory is undeniable. In fact, Derrida once said that the only person who ever made him think deeper about his own writing was Paul de Man.
Haven't read any but will add him to the list! Thanks :)
fantastic video..interesting how you speak so clearly and understand these texts
How did I miss this video? I thought I had seen most everything you've made, and was quite out of by the idea that RUclips was demonetizing your work. Maybe I've been watching and reading...... Oh right, I barely read anymore 😔😑😐😶 but I keep buying books like a good little leftist. Well, watching to much shit on theory and other contemporaneously linked concepts and am experiencing some sort of temporal dislocation...... You still have my support as long as the Canadian government keeps paying me!
Wow, thanks! Clearly, thoughtfully composed.
It really expanded my understanding of Derrida. Now I think I really see the point of the differance as an ontology.
Sidenote, jumping between the video and your face staring at the camera (with a different and less nitid voice) distracts me a quite a lot, I have to say...
Sidenote 2: I became your patreon last week! First time ever!
Long life to this channel
Thank you, it's hugely appreciated! Yes, I need a better mic for the live shots... I think the shots themselves are necessary though?
Then & Now I never missed them. I enjoyed not knowing the face beyond the voice but that's of course my personal feeling and you shouldn't pay attention to it.
Keep enjoying.
Hugs.
Great video, it's hard to find good videos about deleuze on youtube
This is a very nice video ,thanks for sharing your knowledge .
Thanks for watching :)
thank you! you deserve at least a comment for the algo.
Thank you! Finally a video I can show my friends. One about the body without organs would be awesome :)
I like what you did there with the "bodies of the dead."
This is brilliant. Thanks for making
Really good explanation!
This is very good
Thanks, now I understand the ending scene of Matrix revolutions
Great job!
Thanks for overview ❤
You mentioned Spinoza and how his view promotes a world full of possibilities, but I'm not sure if I understand why. I always took him to promote the idea that the world could not be any other way than it is right now, since all of nature is determined from the necessity of the divine nature (see P29 from Book I of the Ethics). In Spinoza's world, it seems like there is no room for possibilities.
Finally, Deleuze in RUclips!!
das Virtuelle 10:35; 11:19 das Virtuelle: Produkt der Intensitäten von Differenzen 13:14 Das Virtuelle: der Überschuss jedes gegenwärtigen Moments / jeder Identität und befindet sich im Raum zwischen Dingen, in den Differenzen