Disrupting Exchange: Thinking and Understanding unicity in light of overcoming of the particular/universal dualism as proposed in Deleuze's Difference and Repetition

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dc.contributor.advisorHeiden, G-J van der
dc.contributor.advisorGhijsen, H.
dc.contributor.authorKruijsbeek, F.
dc.date.issued2020-08-27
dc.description.abstractIn this paper I engage the problem of thinking individual things insofar as they are unique, uncommon, and unlike others. Specifically, I explore the theme of unicity by analyzing the implications of French philosopher Gilles Deleuze’s call to overcome the particular/universal distinction. I highlight how a concern for unicity qua discontinuous non-commonality presents a fundamentally different problem for thought than the particular/universal dualism can respond to. In that light, I show how Deleuze’s call against this dualism can be read as providing an alternative model for thinking unicity. By opposing a focus on non-exchangeability of individuals in this model to a focus on exchangeability in the particular/universal dualism, I show that Deleuze’s main contribution to addressing the problem of unicity does not require intensive engagement with his entire philosophical framework. Rather, its strength lies in a minimal interpretation wherein non-exchangeability of individuals demands that they be thought in their singular uniqueness and non-commonality.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://theses.ubn.ru.nl/handle/123456789/9303
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.thesis.facultyFaculteit der Filosofie, Theologie en Religiewetenschappenen_US
dc.thesis.specialisationMetaphysics and Epistemologyen_US
dc.thesis.studyprogrammePhilosophy: Research Masteren_US
dc.thesis.typeResearchmasteren_US
dc.titleDisrupting Exchange: Thinking and Understanding unicity in light of overcoming of the particular/universal dualism as proposed in Deleuze's Difference and Repetitionen_US

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