French Literature Reviews - 2026
A. Jdey (ed.), Gilles Deleuze, The Logic of the Sensible: Aesthetics and the Clinical
Philosophy, Anthropology and Ideas
Book published under the editorship of Adnen Jdey
with texts by: Arnaud Villani, Claude Imbert, Véronique Bergen, Fabien Tarby, Philippe Mengue, Anne Sauvagnargues, Stéphane Chaudier, Christine Buci-Glucksmann, Suzanne Hême de Lacotte, Jean-Claude Dumoncel, Bruno Heuzé, Lambert Dousson, Jehanne Dautrey, Pierre Montebello, Guillaume Sibertin-Blanc, François Zourabichvili, Fabrice Bourlez, Christian Ruby, Eric Alliez, and Adnen Jdey.
Publication date: 12 April 13, Format: 15.5 x 21.5 cm, Weight: 700 g, Number of pages: 425, Price: 25.50 €
It is by no means the least merit of Gilles Deleuze's thought to have conceptualized the individuation of art under the sign of a logic of the sensible, where aesthetics and the clinical are in mutual presupposition. By exploring the neuralgic cuts and tensions that irrigate this logic, the studies collected here find their common impulse in a desire to rework the Deleuzian cartography of the arts, and to question the divergences and internal resonances that animate it. The specificity of this volume lies in bringing together not only readings by eminent specialists in the philosophy of Gilles Deleuze, who come to probe anew his singular relationship to the variations of the sensible, but also contributions from specialists in literary theory, music, cinema, and art history, re-examining from their own perspectives a thinking of creation whose power and fecundity we have yet to fully measure.
The book also includes an unpublished text by Gilles Deleuze on Francis Bacon.
Edited by Adnen Jdey, this volume gathers prominent scholars from philosophy, literary theory, music, cinema, and art history to re-examine the intersections of art and clinical thought in French philosophy. Contributors such as Anne Sauvagnargues, Philippe Mengue, and François Zourabichvili trace the conceptual lines of a logic of the sensible, investigating how artistic creation operates as an autonomous mode of individuation. By bringing together diverse disciplinary perspectives, the book offers researchers and students a renewed cartography of Deleuzian aesthetics, highlighting its enduring fecundity for contemporary criticism and the philosophy of art.
The collection also features a rare, unpublished text by Gilles Deleuze dedicated to the painter Francis Bacon, anchoring the theoretical reflections in a direct engagement with modern visual culture. Situated within the broader tradition of twentieth-century French epistemology and post-structuralist thought, the studies illuminate the neuralgic tensions between sensory experience and philosophical concepts. It serves as an essential resource for readers seeking to deepen their understanding of Deleuze's impact on aesthetics, offering valuable analytical tools for scholars of literature, philosophy, and the arts.