Introduction to Gilles Deleuze’s Cosmological Sensibility

Abstract

The Deleuzean literature paid relatively little attention to the relationships between Deleuze and cosmology. Yet, Deleuze remains one of the few key contemporary philosophers who stayed connect- ed to the cosmological tradition. The expression of this interest and the contribution to this domain can be found, for example, in his borrowing of James Joyce’s neologism “chaosmos,” admiration for Whitehead’s essay on cosmology, or, following Artaud and Blanchot, in his appeal for an outside of any exteriority. This paper discusses Deleuze’s original cosmological way of thinking and delineates Deleuze’s own c(ha)osmological affectivity.

Keywords

• Deleuze
• Chaosmos
• Outside
• Earthliness
• Ethics