Deleuze Seminar 2020

Everything you ever wanted to know about Deleuze but were afraid to ask

Professor, Keith Faulkner, PhD

Course Schedule: Meets Every Sundays at 1PM Eastern Time (New York Time)

1. Sept 6: What is the Virtual? 

2. Sept 13: Deleuze’s Political Philosophy

3. Sept 20: Deleuze’s Aesthetic Philosophy

4. Sept 27: Deleuze’s Ethics 

Course Requirements 

• Read assigned texts

• View pre-discussion recordings before attending the conversation/discussion live sessions.

• Complete a Research Paper

Textbooks: 

“Coldness and Cruelty,” in Masochism, New York: Zone Books, 1989.

Nietzsche and Philosophy, New York: Columbia University Press, 1983.

Spinoza Practical Philosophy, San Francisco: City Lights Books, 1988.  

Proust and Signs: The Complete Text, Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2000

Technology and Environment

Students will need to have a computer and access to the internet, and to Zoom (free to download here: https://zoom.us). The mobile phone zoom app will work as long as the student has a way to use it hands free (we may need both our hands to make sound!). Students will also need a private, relatively quite space, to attend meetings, in order to make sound in uninhibited ways. 

Assessment

1. Participation/Attendance

2. Raising questions and engaging with the course materials

3. Final Research Paper of 2,000 words and/or a GCAS Magazine Article of 1,500 words.

PhD/MA Seminar

Description:

In this course, we will examine what Deleuze owes to the history of philosophy by examining some of the books he wrote on individual thinkers like Masoch, Nietzsche, Spinoza, and Proust in the 1960s. In this way, we will be able to untangle his philosophical lineage and to explore how he used and developed the thoughts of his predecessors. This carful delineation of his lineage is necessary if we are to combat the misappropriation of Deleuze’s ideas today and to place the study of Deleuze back on a more “productive path,” meaning one based on concreate examples instead of on abstract terminology. This will be the first in a series of lectures exploring how we can “return to Deleuze” (see the Facebook group by that name). Instead of speculating about what Deleuze “might” mean by using out wild imaginations, we will find a meaning that fits all the available textual evidence (including his lectures)

Prerequisite: Familiarity with Deleuze’s major texts and a general knowledge of the history of philosophy

Participant responsibilities:

Every participant/researcher will be required engage with the recorded lectures and come to the live discussion with at least one question, even if only for clarification. Be prepared to share with the group what you have learned, or what you understand and what you are still confused about. Be respectful of other participants in order to create an open environment where everyone can ask questions without fear. No grandstanding. In short, do not be a “troll” or you will be removed.  You will also be able to communicate with other researchers in the seminar via the platform.

Learning Outcomes:

• An ability to explain Deleuze’s concepts using a set of examples. An understanding of the problems and questions that motivated Deleuze. A sense that Deleuze’s texts are “about something” and not “mere poetry” as his detractors say. An inspiration to do further research. 

• Develop critical thinking skills

• Develop critical writing and communications skills

Instructor

Keith Faulkner, PhD (Warwick) has studied the French philosopher, Gilles Deleuze for over twenty years. He translated (2001) the two essays Deleuze wrote in 1945. After doing his PhD on Deleuze’s philosophy of time at the University of Warwick, he published Deleuze and the Three Syntheses of Time(2006) and The Force of Time: An Introduction to Deleuze though Proust (2008), which have been translated into Korean. He is currently working on a book on Deleuze’s practical philosophy.

Earn GCAS Crypto-Tokens:

Once the participant completes this program, they can claim 125 GCAS Tokens “GCASY” via our Crypto Hub.

Enrollment Procedure:

Once a participant pays for tuition they will be issued a “GCAS.ie” google based email a few days prior to the start of the seminar/course. The GCAS.ie email account will be used by the participant to access the course APP Platform in which the researcher will have access to, the Zoom links, recordings, and other course materials provided by the professor. A participant is expected to activate their GCAS.ie email account within 36 hours of issuance.

Refund:

A full refund will be given if after the first meeting you are not satisfied with the program.