CFP: Immanence and Transcendence in Deleuzean Metaphysics

Keynote speaker: Véronique Bergen

We invite presentations related to following theme(s):

Deleuze’s project is usually presented as developing a radical immanentism. It wants to get rid of the classical distinction between two orders of being - the order of the essences and the order of the things in which these essences are incarnated - and it is very critical towards any attempt to re-introduce a (hidden) transcendent element into the immanent order. The 'virtual' can be considered Deleuze's answer to the question how to conceive of a ground or foundation that does not break the immanent ontology. Deleuze describes the virtual as that which is not actual although it is real, as something that does not belong to the domain of the possible, as complication, etc. One could ask oneself if these descriptions are not philosophical constructions, that is, rather forced attempts to stay within the immanent order of being. How can we think the non-actuality of the virtual? Is not the virtual transcendent in some sense? Does it make sense to speak of an immanent transcendence in Deleuze’s philosophy, and if so, of what would it consist? Explorations of the historical roots of this topic in Deleuze (Spinoza, Leibniz, etc.) are also welcome. 

Submission: Send your abstract (max. 250 words), prepared for blind review, and an information sheet with your name, contact information, institutional affiliation and status, and the title to Eric Schliesser ([email protected]) before 1st of Febr. 2013. 

Organizing committee: Eric Schliesser, Judith Wambacq & Annelies Monseré
 
Scientific committee: Judith Wambacq & Sjoerd van Tuinen