Difference and Repetition

by Gilles Deleuze • 1968

Of fundamental importance to literary critics and philosophers, Difference and Repetition develops two central concepts -- pure difference and complex repetition -- and shows how the two concepts are related. Central in initiating the shift in French thought away from Hegel and Marx toward Nietzsche and Freud, Difference and Repetition moves deftly to establish a fundamental critique of Western metaphysics.