In the Still of the Moment: Deleuze's Phenomena of Motionless Time

A process philosophical interpretation of Deleuze's theories of time encounters problems when formulating an account of Deleuze's portrayal of temporality in The Time-Image , where time is understood as having the structure of instantaneity and simultaneity. I remedy this shortcoming of pr...

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Published in:Deleuze & Guattari Studies 2014-05, Vol.8 (2), p.199-229
Main Author: Shores, Corry
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bergson, Henri-Louis (1859-1941)
Consciousness
Deleuze, Gilles
Motion pictures
Phenomenology
Philosophy and Religion
Time
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Summary:A process philosophical interpretation of Deleuze's theories of time encounters problems when formulating an account of Deleuze's portrayal of temporality in The Time-Image , where time is understood as having the structure of instantaneity and simultaneity. I remedy this shortcoming of process philosophical readings by formulating a phenomenological interpretation of Deleuze's second synthesis of time. By employing Deleuze's logic of affirmative synthetic disjunction in combination with his differential calculus interpretation of Spinoza's and Bergson's duration, this phenomenological interpretation portrays time as given to our awareness in immediacy rather than through a continuous process of unfolding. The viability of this alternate approach calls into question the claims that Deleuze is strictly a process philosopher and anti-phenomenologist.
ISSN:1750-2241
2398-9777
1755-1684
2398-9785
DOI:10.3366/dls.2014.0143