Introduction to Deleuze: Difference and Repetition

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! Then & Now is FAN-FUNDED! Support me on Patreon and pledge as little as $1 per video: http://patreon.com/user?u=3517018 Or send me a one-off tip of any amount and help me make more videos: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=JJ76W4CZ2A8J2 Buy on Amazon through this link to support the channel: https://amzn.to/2ykJe6L Follow me on: Facebook: http://fb.me/thethenandnow Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thethenandnow/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/lewlewwaller Credits: Stock footage provided by Videvo, downloaded from https://www.videvo.net Foucault Image: By Nemomain This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Michel_Foucault.jpg) Edited by Lewis Waller Image of Derrida: By Chinmoy Guha This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Michel_Foucault.jpg) Edited by Lewis Waller Image of Deleuze: By trenutna https://sr.wikipedia.org/sr-el/%D0%94%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B0:Gilles_deleuze.jpg This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Michel_Foucault.jpg) Edited by Lewis Waller Music: Cylinder Five by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/