Out of this world: Deleuze and the Philosophy of Creation

Peter Hallward´s new book challenges the hegemony of Deleuze´s work, aiming to go right to the heart of his philosophy. It engages with the central idea that informs virtually all his work: the assertion of an unlimited creative power. Exploring the ways in which Deleuze dissolves anything that might inhibit the expression of this creativity, Hallward accuses Deleuze of being a spiritual and ´other-worldly´ philosopher, rather than a theorist of material complexity and difference. Hallward argues that the problems of conflict and solidarity are effectively dismissed in Deleuze’s work — as is the possibility of any political transformation.