Deleuze and Ethics

Gilles Deleuze is perhaps best known for his influential works in philosophical interpretation, (Nietzsche and Philosophy, Expression in Philosophy: Spinoza); epistemology (The Logic of Sense); metaphysics (Difference and Repetition); and political economy (Capitalism and Schizophrenia). Because he never devoted an individual work to the subject of ethics, some scholars have assumed that Deleuze did not write about it, which explains in part why so few have directly addressed the ethical dimension of Deleuze's philosophy. Concepts such as ethics, values, and normativity however play a crucial - if subtle and easily overlooked - role in Deleuze's overall philosophical project. The essays in this collection explore, uncover, and trace the ethical dimension of Deleuzian philosophy along diverse trajectories and, in so doing, endeavour to reclaim that philosophy as moral philosophy.

“This collection of eleven essays, many from notable Deleuze scholars ... succeeds in laying out the major themes of the field as well as indicating a number of avenues for future research.”

Although Deleuze's philosophical work covered a remarkably wide range of subjects, the secondary literature on him has not been equally distributed; while his metaphysics and his aesthetics have each received substantial attention, his practical philosophy has been treated comparatively sparingly. This collection of eleven essays, many from notable Deleuze scholars, seeks to remedy this relative neglect, and succeeds in laying out the major themes of the field as well as indicating a number of avenues for future research.--John Protevi, Louisiana State University "Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews"
--John Protevi, Louisiana State University "Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews"

Nathan Jun is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Midwestern State University. He edited New Perspectives on Anarchism with Shane Wahl, introduction by Todd May (Lexington Press, 2009). Daniel W. Smith is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Purdue University and one of the world's leading commentators on Deleuze. He has translated his work, edited collections and written numerous articles on Deleuze.

Ethics plays a crucial, if subtle, role in Gilles Deleuze's philosophical project. Michel Foucault claimed that Anti-Oedipus was 'a book of ethics, the first book of ethics to be written in France in quite a long time.' But what is the nature of the immanent ethics that is developed in Deleuze's thought? How does it differ from previous conceptions of ethics? And what paths does it open for future thought, given the ethical challenges facing humanity in so many domains? Each of the eleven essays in this collection explores the ethical dimension of Deleuze's thought along a new and singular trajectory, and in so doing, attempts to reclaim his philosophy as an ethical philosophy. Contributors include Jeffrey A. Bell, Levi R. Bryant, Laura Cull, Erinn Cunniff Gilson, Eleanor Kaufman, Kenneth Surin, Anthony Uhlmann, James Williams and Audrone zukauskaite. Daniel W. Smith is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Purdue University. Nathan Jun is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Midwestern State University.

Gilles Deleuze is perhaps best known for his influential works in philosophical interpretation, (Nietzsche and Philosophy, Expression in Philosophy: Spinoza); epistemology (The Logic of Sense); metaphysics (Difference and Repetition); and political economy (Capitalism and Schizophrenia). Because he never devoted an individual work to the subject of ethics, some scholars have assumed that Deleuze did not write about it, which explains in part why so few have directly addressed the ethical dimension of Deleuze's philosophy. Concepts such as ethics, values, and normativity however play a crucial - if subtle and easily overlooked - role in Deleuze's overall philosophical project. The essays in this collection explore, uncover, and trace the ethical dimension of Deleuzian philosophy along diverse trajectories and, in so doing, endeavour to reclaim that philosophy as moral philosophy.

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