Description

The first scholarly comparative analysis of Jacques Derrida and Gilles Deleuze's philosophies of difference

Situates the philosophy of difference within the broader context of the history of philosophy, going back to its beginnings in Plato and Aristotle
Focuses on the positions that Derrida and Deleuze occupy with respect to the Hegel-Nietzsche-Heidegger triumvirate
Provides the first in-depth analysis of the defining distinction between Derrida and Deleuze, out of which most of the other differences (ethical, political, etc.) between the two can be more richly understood
Offers an original understanding of the history and trajectory of continental philosophy specifically, rooted in an engagement with Husserl's time-consciousness analysis and in Deleuze's adoption of Bergson's thinking

Jacques Derrida and Gilles Deleuze are best known for their respective attempts to theoretically formulate non-dialectical conceptions of difference. Now, for the first time, Vernon W. Cisney brings you a scholarly analysis of their contrasting concepts of difference.