Multiplicity and Ontology in Deleuze and Badiou, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018

This book approaches work by Gilles Deleuze and Alain Badiou through their shared commitment to multiplicity, a novel approach to addressing one of the oldest philosophical questions: is being one or many?

 Becky Vartabedian examines major statements of multiplicity by Deleuze and Badiou to assess the structure of multiplicity as ontological ground or foundation, and the procedures these accounts prescribe for understanding one in relation to multiplicity.  

Written in a clear, engaging style, Vartabedian introduces readers to Deleuze and Badiou?s key ontological commitments to the mathematical resources underpinning their accounts of multiplicity and one, and situates these as a conversation unfolding amid political and intellectual transformations. 

Chapter 1: Introduction: Lower Layers

Chapter 2: Engagements, 1976-1997: History of a Misunderstanding

Chapter 3: Structure: Multiplicity and Multiple in Deleuze and Badiou

Chapter 4: Procedures: One, Multiple, Subtraction

Chapter 5: Re-Engagements

Chapter 6: Conclusion: Multiplicity, Ontology, Deleuze, Badiou

Focuses on an investigation of ideas in thinkers frequently pitted against each other

Takes a fresh approach to investigating the relationship of Deleuze and Badiou, both historically and philosophically

Cuts a clear path through difficult philosophical ideas and seeks to describe the mathematical resources on which these ideas are built in an accessible language