Edinburgh University Press Deleuze and Cosmology (Deleuze Connections)

Illustrates the importance of cosmology in Deleuze’s philosophy and its potential for multi-disciplinary transformation Illuminates the importance of cosmology in Deleuze’s thinking on art, philosophy and the sciences, generating new understanding of the relation between chaos, creativity and thought Offers detailed analyses of Deleuze’s cosmological theories in relation to ancient philosophy, key figures in the continental tradition, and important discoveries and innovations in the contemporary sciences Conducts innovative analysis of several cosmological theories in science – including quantum theory, loop quantum gravity and string theory – in relation to Deleuze’s key concepts of time, creation, variation, chance and chaos Highlights how addressing the cosmological from multiple disciplinary, theoretical and aesthetic perspectives is crucial to the genesis of the new and the mutual revival of the disciplines This edited collection investigates how Deleuze’s interventions into cosmological thinking have transformed, challenged, influenced or been influenced by how cosmology has been thought and determined from the perspectives of the philosophic tradition, science and the arts. These 16 essays apply Deleuze’s cosmological perspective to a range of scientific, metaphysical, philosophical and aesthetic issues, illustrating the intertwinement of the various modes of thought (philosophy, science and arts) on a cosmic scale, which lead to new ways of understanding relational beings, time/space, processes of variation, folding, potentiality and creativity. By integrating the observations and speculations of quantum theory, as well as other areas of cosmological thinking, with Deleuze’s cosmological vision, we find that philosophy, sciences and arts can provide each other with mutual inspiration, pushing the boundaries of thought to the outer reaches of the known and beyond.