Deleuze and Guattari's Philosophy of History

Jay Lampert is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada.

• 1. Introduction: The "Joan of Arc Effect" and the Philosophy of History; 2. Living in the contracted present - the first synthesis of time; 3. The virtual co-existence of the past - the second synthesis of time; 4. Navigating the dark precursors - the third synthesis of the time; 5. Dates and destiny: the problem of historical chronology; 6. Quasi-causes and becoming-causal; 7. Why this now? The problem of actual historical events: The theory of beginnings; 8. Why this now? Diagnosis of the now; 9. Why this now? Co-existing levels of temporality; Bibliography; Index.

"With this book Jay Lampert has new standards of clarity and rigour by which future studies of Deleuze will need to be appraised. It is among the very best studies of his work published to date...This is a brilliant and major study that can be strongly recommended to anyone interested in Deleuze's project and in questions concerning history. In fact, I cannot recommend it strongly enough." (Keith Ansell Pearson, University of Warwick, UK)"