Description:
Andrew Jampol-Petzinger pursues Gilles Deleuze's significantly under-discussed interpretation of Søren Kierkegaard. He presents a view of ethics and selfhood that responds to theories of moral judgment and selfhood based on stable, substance-orientated forms of identity.
Brief description: Andrew M. Jampol-Petzinger is Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Michigan. His articles have appeared in Philosophy Today and Symposium: Canadian Journal of Continental Philosophy, as well as in a collected volume on Kierkegaard published through Routledge in 2019. His most recent research is in the areas of political philosophy and philosophy of religion.
Review Quotes:
Although Deleuze's admiration for Kierkegaard was immense, it has often been overlooked, perhaps because some are hesitant to admit that Deleuze was influenced by such a deeply religious thinker. Jampol-Petzinger's wonderful book not only offers a nuanced assessment of the Kierkegaard-Deleuze relation but provides a profound philosophical analysis of the project of an immanent ethics that they both shared.
--Daniel W. Smith, Purdue University