Deleuze's Bergsonism

Craig Lundy takes us on an unprecedented exploration of the interior of Deleuze's philosophy. Starting from a remarkable reading of Deleuze’s Bergsonism, Lundy shows with great clarity how Deleuze’s main concepts started taking shape here and to what extent his entire oeuvre remained infused by the ideas he developed in this book dedicated to Bergson. Lundy’s book is at once a magnificent introduction to Deleuze’s thought and much more than that. By revisiting the question of Bergsonism in Deleuze’s terms, Lundy highlights the invention of an entire philosophical scene whose relevance for today he means to reclaim. * Didier Debaise, Free University of Brussels *
As well as being a serious and dedicated scholar of Deleuze and Bergson, Lundy shows in this book that he is an assured and able writer. Overall, he succeeds in ably guiding the untutored reader through the intricate details and complex depths of Deleuze's engagement with Bergson and his attachment to 'Bergsonism' as a project of original philosophy… Each of Lundy's chapters contains helpful and succinct demonstrations and, overall, he does a superb job of illuminating the character of Deleuze's engagement with Bergson and showing why without an appreciation of his ideas Deleuze's own philosophy is largely unintelligible. -- Keith Ansell-Pearson, University of Warwick * NDPR *