Whole chapter IX was one of the most beautiful ones I've read in philosophy!Whole chapter IX was one of the most beautiful ones I've read in philosophy!...more
I recommend this very short book as a perfect introduction to Foucault if you want to directly read the author himself.
There, he explains precisely hiI recommend this very short book as a perfect introduction to Foucault if you want to directly read the author himself.
There, he explains precisely his method of analysis of history, making the process, that has been more or less implicit in his past works, very clear and explicit.
I wish I read it sooner because it would have helped to make more sense of, for example, his History of Sexuality....more
A little informative book about Marxism or, as Lefebvre said more precisely, Dialectical materialism.
I think that its original date of writing (1st edA little informative book about Marxism or, as Lefebvre said more precisely, Dialectical materialism.
I think that its original date of writing (1st edition : 1948) is really felt, it feels oldish and kinda outdated.
Already, the insistence on reason, rationality at all costs, as if it could only be the ultimate solution to everything. History shows how costly this way of thinking can be.
From which the proposed scientism of Marxism is deduced, in my opinion, it is not necessarily a good thing to want to make it a science at all costs. It could even be dangerous.
And finally the whole unquestioned project of exploitation and domination of nature, is in our present time, in view of ecological disasters, no longer possible.
And the final point: can a theory which implies exceeding, by definition, not be exceeded? Hmmm, on the contrary we could say that it can *only* be exceeded since its exceeding is implied in the theory itself. And isn't that a good thing since radical becoming is so important to it?
Obviously, all these flaws doesn't refute Marxism in itself and I'm pretty sure that all of those points have been addressed in more recent times....more
Another great short introduction by the "Que sais-je?" collection! This one I was afraid that it would never be able to grasp any of Deleuze complex tAnother great short introduction by the "Que sais-je?" collection! This one I was afraid that it would never be able to grasp any of Deleuze complex though and lengthy career but it was actually done pretty well! Well except maybe, weirdly enough, no mention of the rhizome here....more
Started well but fell down as it progressed. Liked the passages using Merleau-Ponty's phenomenology. It feels very petty to put Butler in the construcStarted well but fell down as it progressed. Liked the passages using Merleau-Ponty's phenomenology. It feels very petty to put Butler in the constructivist category (which is described very narrowly as if it was always a naive and absolutist position) that is overcame by psychoanalysis. Because, as we know, Butler is also a psychoanalysis feminist, and most of her works deal with it in extended length....more
The "Que sais-je ?" collection is really hit or miss. This one was a big hit for me, dense and cohesive *history* (fiction?) of Michel Foucault in so The "Que sais-je ?" collection is really hit or miss. This one was a big hit for me, dense and cohesive *history* (fiction?) of Michel Foucault in so few pages....more
Plentiful of communications depicting the deep friendship between William James and Henri Bergson. Like the fact that James told Bergson to make telepPlentiful of communications depicting the deep friendship between William James and Henri Bergson. Like the fact that James told Bergson to make telepathy experiences with his soul after his death to communicate with him to prove the immortality of the soul! I just wish the edition itself wasn't this messy....more
This is not an introduction to Levinas, it is more like an ambitious summarization of his thoughts for someone who has already read his major works. CThis is not an introduction to Levinas, it is more like an ambitious summarization of his thoughts for someone who has already read his major works. Considered like that, it is an incredible achievement....more
At first, I didn't get where it was going at all but the second half made the pieces of the puzzle fit in the right place and everything clicked, a beAt first, I didn't get where it was going at all but the second half made the pieces of the puzzle fit in the right place and everything clicked, a beautiful interpretation and a deep insight of Hume's philosophy....more
I kinda wish I could rate it even higher but, while it was amazing, clearly written most of of the time, it was too dense for me because I only have rI kinda wish I could rate it even higher but, while it was amazing, clearly written most of of the time, it was too dense for me because I only have rudimentary knowledge of Nietzsche's philosophy, admittingly having read none of his works yet.
I do think that it will still help me a lot to read Nietzsche (even if it's through Deleuze lens) and it made me even more hyped to do so.
It also helped me to get how important Nietzsche has been to the poststructuralism movement....more
If you want to read Butler, you should definitely read this first. Some parts are really hard to understand but overall very rewarding and revolutionaIf you want to read Butler, you should definitely read this first. Some parts are really hard to understand but overall very rewarding and revolutionary.
Edit: After reading Vol 2, it felt like this one, even if way harder, was better, so I change it from 4 to 5 stars because it is so essential, it is this one where all the theory, that he will put into practice in the other volumes, takes place....more
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