Joe Hughes - Deleuze's Difference & Repetition, first reading: Ch. 1

Joe Hughes - Deleuze's Difference & Repetition, Chapter 1: Context: Kant Meets Husserl

Only pseuds try to tackle texts as tough and as out of immediate sociolinguistic situation as D&R all by their lonesome. The true autodidact knows how tap into the wealth of available secondary literature so as to make best use of their study time! This Joe Hughes book was once recommended to me by Lorraine Markotic, and I definitely think it will prove a valuable readalong while tackling D&R this year. I've read some Husserl and I'm quiet familar with Heidegger, though I've not touched Ricouer yet, so that added figuring D&R within the French reception of Husserl is great for me, and the brisk brush up on the progression of Husserl's thought- and knowing just where Deleuze will be replying to this progression in claiming D&R to be a statement of transcendental empiricism, is delightful context to have!

(One thing I would add though is that the editing in this book is surprisingly subpar- I noticed no less than FIVE typos and missed words in the first chapter along! not a huge deal, but does make the enunciation of the text a little trickier qq)

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