Gilles Deleuze's Time Machine (Post-Contemporary Interventions) - Softcover

Rodowick, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0822319705 ISBN 13: 9780822319702

Publisher: Duke University Press Books, 1997

Synopsis

Although Gilles Deleuze is one of France’s most celebrated twentieth-century philosophers, his theories of cinema have largely been ignored by American scholars. Film theorist D. N. Rodowick fills this gap by presenting the first comprehensive study, in any language, of Deleuze’s work on film and images. Placing Deleuze’s two books on cinema—The Movement-Image and The Time-Image—in the context of French cultural theory of the 1960s and 1970s, Rodowick examines the logic of Deleuze’s theories and the relationship of these theories to his influential philosophy of difference.
Rodowick illuminates the connections between Deleuze’s writings on visual and scientific texts and describes the formal logic of his theory of images and signs. Revealing how Deleuzian views on film speak to the broader network of philosophical problems addressed in Deleuze’s other books—including his influential work with Félix Guattari—Rodowick shows not only how Deleuze modifies the dominant traditions of film theory, but also how the study of cinema is central to the project of modern philosophy.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

"Anglo-American critics have not yet begun to plumb the riches of Deleuze's investigation into cinema, and David Rodowick, well versed in philosophy and cinema studies, is the perfect person to bring these important works into focus for the American critical establishment. This book will become a standard work for anyone who wants to learn about Deleuze on cinema and about Deleuze more generally."--Dana Polan, University of Pittsburgh

About the Author:

D. N. Rodowick is Professor of English and Visual/Cultural Studies at the University of Rochester.

About this edition

• Publisher: Duke University Press Books
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0822319705
• ISBN 13: 9780822319702
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 280