The essays in this book present a complex theme at the heart of the philosophy of Gilles Deleuze, what in his last writing he called simply a life. They capture a problem that runs throughout his work - his long search for a new and superior empiricism. Announced in his first book, on David Hume, then taking off with his early studies of Nietzsche and Bergson, the problem of an empiricist ...

Contains texts and interviews from the period that saw the publication of Deleuze's major works. This book documents Deleuze's involvement with politics.

Examines the philosophical foundations of Foucault's writings and discusses his views on knowledge, punishment, power, and subjectivation.

Offers a history of the philosophy of time and a comparison of the ways of conceiving the temporal, concentrating on European philosophy and its impact on the connection between time and money in Western civilization. Analyzes the social and political processes involved in conceptions of time in ancient and medieval tradition and sets them in the

Surveys the work of Stan Douglas in relation to late-20th century aesthetics, politics and psychoanalysis. The work includes analyses of Douglas' installation, Der Sandmann , discussion of the artist's working processes and themes, and project notes for his works and scripts.