Philosophy after Friendship: Deleuze's Conceptual Personae

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In singular and provocative fashion, Gregg Lambert's Philosophy after Friendship introduces us to the key social personae that have populated modern political philosophy. Drawing on the philosophies of Deleuze and Derrida, as well as the work of Indo-European linguist Emile Benveniste, Lambert constructs a genealogy to demonstrate how political thought has been structured by the emergence of such "conceptual personae."

Gregg Lambert is Dean's Professor of Humanities in the College of Arts and Sciences at Syracuse University. His numerous books include In Search of a New Image of Thought: Gilles Deleuze and Philosophical Expressionism (Minnesota, 2012).

"This is a timely, relevant book. By drawing from Deleuze and Guattari's philosophy, especially their concept of friendship, Gregg Lambert offers an important reconceptualization of Kant's essay on perpetual peace, and in doing so he sets the stage for a post-war philosophy that remains true to Kant's ideal."-Jeffrey Bell, Southeastern Louisiana University "Readers expecting a book 'about' Deleuze in a limited sense will encounter instead a far wider-ranging and more distinctive work."-French Studies "Gregg Lambert's excellent new book is the product of a long-held interest in the Kantian idea of perpetual peace as a paradigm for thinking the future of global politics."-Symploke