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Gilles Deleuze Biography and Timeline

Follow Gilles Deleuze through 10 dated historical records for France.

Gilles Deleuze, historical timeline

A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.

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1925

Birth of Gilles Deleuze

Philosopher · Paris · Humanities / Philosophy

Gilles Deleuze is born in Paris.

1953

Empiricism and Subjectivity

Philosopher · Paris · Humanities / Philosophy

Deleuze publishes Empiricism and Subjectivity, his first book and a study of David Hume.

1962

Nietzsche and Philosophy

Philosopher · Paris · Humanities / Philosophy

Deleuze publishes Nietzsche and Philosophy, establishing his reputation in French academic philosophy.

1968

Difference and Repetition

Philosopher · Paris · Humanities / Philosophy

Deleuze publishes Difference and Repetition as his principal doctoral thesis and a major statement of his metaphysics.

1969

Logic of Sense

Professor · Paris · Humanities / Philosophy

Deleuze publishes Logic of Sense and begins teaching at the experimental University of Paris VIII.

1972

Anti-Oedipus

Philosopher · Paris · Humanities / Philosophy

Deleuze and Felix Guattari publish Anti-Oedipus, the first volume of Capitalism and Schizophrenia.

1980

A Thousand Plateaus

Philosopher · Paris · Humanities / Philosophy

Deleuze and Guattari publish A Thousand Plateaus, the second volume of Capitalism and Schizophrenia.

1983

Cinema One The Movement-Image

Philosopher · Paris · Humanities / Philosophy

Deleuze publishes the first volume of his philosophical study of cinema.

1991

What Is Philosophy

Philosopher · Paris · Humanities / Philosophy

Deleuze and Guattari publish What Is Philosophy, their final major collaboration.

1995

Death of Gilles Deleuze

Philosopher · Paris · Humanities / Philosophy

Gilles Deleuze dies in Paris.

Records, sources and methodology

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