“A ‘return to Bergson’ does not only mean a renewed admiration for a great philosopher, but a renewal or an extension of his project today, in relation to the transfor- mations of lite and society, in parallel with the trans- formations of science. Bergson himself considered that he had made metaphysics a rigorous discipline, one capa- ble of being continued along new paths which constantly appear in the world. To continue Bergson's project today, ‘means for example to constitute a metaphysical image of ‘thought corresponding to the new lines, openings, traces, leaps, dynamisms, discovered by a molecular biology of the brain: new linkings and re-linkings in thought.” -From the Afterword by the author, prepared especially for this edition Bergsonism “Bergsonism represents an important momentin Delewze's ey evelopment.” Review of Metaphysics les Deleuze “Meticulously translated...an enjoyable supplement to Translated by Hugh Tomlinson and Barbara Habberiam the growing list of Deleuze’s more important works..." The Times Higher Education ‘Supplement “This translation of Bergsonism is an important, welcome ‘addition to the English-speaking philosophical commu- nity. Deleuze elucidates and facilitates our comprehen- sion of Bergsor's original, fascinating, but difficult ‘metaphysical idea that reality should be understood not in terms of space, but only in terms of time... Small Press ZONE BOOKSBergsonism Gilles Deleuze Transiated by Hugh Tomlinson and Barbara Habberiam ZONE BOOKS » NEW YORK 1991Contents © 1988 Urrone, Ine 611 Broadway New York, NY 1012 All rights reserved. [No part ofthis book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form, or by any means including electronic, mechanical, photo- ‘copying, microfilming, recording, or otherwise {except for that copying permitted by Sections 107 Translators Introduction 7 ‘and 108 ofthe U.S. Copyright Law and except by reviewers forthe public pres) without writen Referencsria Bergson Werk 14 permission from the Publisher. Printed in the U sd States of America 1 Intuition as Method 13 (Originally published as Le Bergzonisme (© 1966 Presses Universitaires de France Il Duration as Immediate Datum 37 Distributed by The AUT Press Cambridge, Massachusetts, an London, England IIL Memory as Virtual Coeristence 51 Library of Congeess Cataloging in Publication Data IV One or Many’ Durations? 73 Delewe, Gilles. {[Bergsonisme, English) Bergsonism / Gilles Deleuze; translated by Elan Vital as Movement of Differentiation 92 Hugh Tomlinson. A Return to Bergson 115 pe cm. “Translation of: Bergsonisme igen p Notes 219) ISBN 0-942299°06- Ish 0-942299-078 (pbk) 1 Region, Henei, aksgaigns 1 Tile Index 137 naqzo.ng3D3545 1988 734051 4—deig cr