{"id":40551,"date":"2025-06-19T11:16:29","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T09:16:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bcu-lausanne.ch\/gilles-deleuzes-course-1979-1987\/"},"modified":"2025-06-19T11:16:29","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T09:16:29","slug":"gilles-deleuzes-course-1979-1987","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bcu-lausanne.ch\/en\/selections-en\/gilles-deleuzes-course-1979-1987\/","title":{"rendered":"Gilles Deleuze’s course, 1979-1987"},"content":{"rendered":"

Less well known than his Ab\u00e9c\u00e9daire<\/em>, or the essay he co-authored with F\u00e9lix Gattari entitled Qu’est-ce que la philosophie?<\/em> the lecture given by French philosopher Gilles Deleuze at the Universit\u00e9 Paris 8 between 1979 and 1987 has nevertheless been recorded and transcribed in almost its entirety. Available in audio form on the BNF<\/a> and Universit\u00e9 Paris 8 websites<\/a>, the lecture has just been published in paper format. <\/p>\n

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Gilles Deleuze (1925-1995)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In this course, Gilles Deleuze deals with numerous authors from the history of philosophy, such as Leibniz, Spinoza and Foucault, but he also takes an interest in political philosophy, literature, painting and cinema. In all, 8 years, 179 sessions and some 413 hours of lectures have been transcribed by Marc de Haas and are now available in pdf format on his website. The 5 volumes published in paper format bring together systematically, rather than chronologically, the various sequences of Gilles Deleuze’s lectures, this time divided by notions, themes and concepts (vols. 1-3), and by philosophers and philosophies (vols. 4-5). <\/p>\n

You’ll find entries on concepts, truth and time, as well as on rock’n’roll, ergonomics and coughing fits. And while Leibniz, Kant, Spinoza and Foucault each have their own entry, you’ll also find Plotinus, Avicenna and the Stoics, as well as Michel Serres and Gilbert Simondon. On March 25, 1980, Gilles Deleuze had this to say about philosophy: <\/p>\n

\u201cAs for philosophical texts, the question is not at all: do you understand? The question is first and foremost: what’s in it for you? You may well feel that something suits you without having yet understood, and you will only understand if you grasp something that suits you.\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I hope you find this book to your liking, and hope you enjoy reading it!<\/p>\n