Gilles Deleuze, Bartleby, Or The Formula - The Formula "I Would Prefer Not To"

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English - February 01, 2022 16:25 - 16 minutes - 24.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 70 ratings
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This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th century philosopher and critic, Giles Deleuze's essay,"Bartleby, Or The Formula", found in his Essays Critical and Clinical. Deleuze's essay examines Herman Melville's short story "Bartleby The Scrivner".

This lecture focuses specifically on the formula "I would prefer not to", said by Bartleby in the story and analyzed by Deleuze in terms of agrammaticality, its effects, and a logic of preference and negativism.

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