Gilles Deleuze
pp. 274-288
in: Terrell Carver, James Martin (eds), Palgrave advances in continental political thought, Berlin, Springer, 2006Abstract
Gilles Deleuze (1925–1995) studied philosophy at the Sorbonne and later taught there and at the University of Lyon before being appointed Professor of Philosophy at the University of Vincennes, where Michel Foucault had been charged with establishing the philosophy department. In 1972, having already written several monographs of figures in the history of philosophy and several works of original philosophy, Deleuze collaborated with Félix Guattari (1930–1992), a political activist and trained Lacanian psychoanalyst, to publish Anti-Oedipus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia, which became a bestseller in France. Deleuze continued to publish solo works and collaborative works with Guattari and others into the 1990s. Although Deleuze rarely travelled outside France, he became one of the most internationally prominent figures in contemporary Continental philosophy. He has become increasingly influential in English-speaking academia since at least the late 1980s.
