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Gilles Deleuze
(
French:
[?il d?løz]
, "zheel duh-LOOZ"); 18 January 1925 ? 4 November 1995) was a French philosopher. He wrote about
philosophy
,
literature
,
movie
, and
art
. His most popular books were the two parts of
Capitalism and Schizophrenia
. The first part is called
Anti-Oedipus
(1972), and the second part is called
A Thousand Plateaus
(1980). Both books were written with his academic partner
Felix Guattari
. He also wrote
Difference and Repetition
(1968). Some people think that he is among the greatest philosophers.
[1]
His work is considered very important in philosophy and art, including
literary theory
,
semiotics
,
poststructuralism
, and
postmodernism
.
[2]
Deleuze was born in
Paris
and lived there most of his life. He went to school during
World War II
and later studied philosophy and history at the
University of Paris
. He started teaching philosophy in 1948, and taught at several universities. He married Denise Paul "Fanny" Grandjouan in 1956.
Deleuze worked at the
University of Vincennes in Saint-Denis
from 1969 to 1987. There he became friends and worked with
Michel Foucault
and
Felix Guattari
.
He had a
lung
removed in 1968 because he had
tuberculosis
. It was difficult for him to breathe for the rest of his life. He died by committing
suicide
in 1995.
[3]
[4]
- ↑
A. W. Moore,
The Evolution of Modern Metaphysics: Making Sense of Things
, Cambridge University Press, 2012, p. 543: 'intellectual power and depth; a grasp of the sciences; a sense of the political, and of human destructiveness as well as creativity; a broad range and a fertile imagination; an unwillingness to settle for the superficially reassuring; and, in an unusually lucky case, the gifts of a great writer.'
- ↑
See, for example, Steven Best and Douglas Kellner,
Postmodern Theory
(Guilford Press, 1991), which devotes a chapter to Deleuze and Guattari.
- ↑
"Gilles Deleuze"
.
Encyclopædia Britannica
. Retrieved
July 8,
2009
.
- ↑
"French Philosopher Gilles Deleuze Commits Suicide at 70"
.
AP NEWS
. Retrieved
2023-04-16
.