For those who have online access to Project Muse, Ronald Bogue’s review of Difference and Givenness is now available volume 16 of Symploke. From the final paragraph:
His argumentation is dense, yet pursued with rigor and systematic coherence. His reading of Difference and Repetition is one of the finest now available and a significant contribution to the growing body of serious engagements with Deleuze as a philosopher. Bryant’s study will be difficult going for anyone unfamiliar with the Deleuzian corpus, but for those who have struggled with Deleuze’s complex works, this book will prove an invaluable guide and an essential stimulus to further discussion of his thought. In every way, Difference and Givenness is a major achievement.
This is a truly gratifying review, not only because it was Bogue that first introduced Deleuze to the English speaking world and because he has done so much excellent work on Deleuze (particularly his three volumes on Deleuze and the arts), but also because Ronald Bogue’s work has been so influential in my own thought. Difference and Givenness would not have been possible without his book Deleuze & Guattari, and especially the chapters on Difference and Repetition and The Logic of Sense.
August 18, 2009 at 9:20 pm
I just returned from the Deleuze conference in Cologne, and I would say that Bogue’s opinion is universally shared and with good reason. Further, when I talked about your site to people I admire, such as James Williams, I found it more common than not that Deleuze people glean much from your lucidity and constant growth. I owe you a great deal myself and thank you.
August 18, 2009 at 9:51 pm
Many thanks, Dan. I wish I could have been at Cologne. Alas, my college doesn’t provide money for overseas travel.
August 19, 2009 at 1:19 am
Dr Sinthome as the phantom analyst of your jouissance I must say that your anal relationship to this book, which you reject like the potty by masochistic disavowal, is that you extract jouissance from a love-hate relationship to it. Even the title is anally ambivalent in this sense. But I think these are petty concerns, because your book above all serves the pedagogic purpose of actually explaining all these high-falluting adumbrations in a language that people can understand. You have that star quality, dr. Sinthome, and there is a place for you among the Greats.
August 19, 2009 at 1:50 am
Congratulations Professor! This is truly a great day.