Difference And Repetition -

In Difference and Repetition , Gilles Deleuze launches a radical critique of Western metaphysics, arguing that philosophy has historically subordinated "difference" to "identity" and "representation." Deleuze proposes a reversal of this structure, advocating for an ontology where difference exists in-itself, independent of pre-defined concepts or subjects. By analyzing repetition not as a mechanical return of the same, but as a productive force creating novelty, this paper outlines how Deleuze shifts focus from being to becoming , from representations to intensive singularities. 1. Introduction: The Crisis of Representation

The Affirmation of Difference: Reimagining Ontology in Deleuze’s Difference and Repetition Difference and Repetition

The intrinsic, intensive, and productive power of "becoming". In Difference and Repetition , Gilles Deleuze launches

Question on Deleueze : Difference and repetition : r/askphilosophy The Three Syntheses of Time

To explain how difference is repeated, Deleuze outlines three "syntheses of time" that build upon one another:

Deleuze argues that the "eternal return" is not a cycle of identical events, but a mechanism where only the difference returns, producing something new every time it repeats. 4. The Three Syntheses of Time