Henry Somers-Hall is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at Manchester Metropolitan University in the United Kingdom. He is the cotranslator (with Alistair Welchman, Mergen Reglitz, and Nick Midgley) of Salomon Maimon's Essay on Transcendental Philosophy.

"…the most informed discussion on the philosophical relationship between Hegel and Deleuze published until now … In this sense, it constitutes a must-read for any scholar researching on post-structuralism and the critique of representation." — symplokē"Neither simply disdainful of Hegel, nor wholly convinced by Deleuze, in this rich, wide-ranging volume, Henry Somers-Hall offers what is assuredly the most comprehensive and important treatment of their varied and complex relations to date … a rewarding and recommended read for anyone interested in the ongoing development of Continental philosophy." — Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews"This is the most comprehensive and philosophically interesting analysis of the Deleuze-Hegel relation. Somers-Hall has assembled a remarkable amount of material that is quite diverse—from the problems of representation, judgment, and calculus to those of force and evolution—and his interpretations are masterful. This book will have a significant impact on the way we think about the development of twentieth-century philosophy." — Leonard Lawlor, Sparks Professor of Philosophy, Penn State University"Somers-Hall's book is a profound engagement with both Deleuze and Hegel, and it provides a much-needed antidote to interpretations that all-too-quickly characterize Deleuze as anti-Hegelian." — Daniel W. Smith, coeditor of Gilles Deleuze: Image and Text

• List of IllustrationsList of AbbreviationsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPART ONE: THE PROBLEM OF REPRESENTATION 1. Deleuze and Transcendental EpiricismIntroductionKant and the Critique of Pure ReasonSartre and The Transcendence of the EgoDeleuze and The Logic of SenseConclusion2. Difference and IdentityIntroductionAristotleThe Genus and Equivocity in AristotleChange and the IndividualAquinasSymbolic LogicPreliminary ConclusionsHegel and AristotleZenoConclusion PART TWO: RESPONSES TO REPRESENTATION 3. BergsonismIntroductionBergson’s Account of Kant and Classical LogicBergson’s Method of IntuitionBergson and the Two Kinds of MultiplicityConclusion4. The Virtual and the ActualIntroductionThe Two MultiplicitiesDepth in Deleuze and Merleau-PontyDeleuze and the Structure of the ProblemBergson on RavaissonConclusion5. Infinite ThoughtIntroductionKant and HegelThe Metaphysical Deduction and MetaphysicsFrom Being to EssenceThe Essential and the InessentialThe Structure of ReflectionThe Determinations of ReflectionThe Speculative PropositionThe Concept of Essence in Aristotle and HegelConclusion PART THREE: BEYOND REPRESENTATION 6. Hegel and Deleuze on Ontology and the CalculusIntroductionThe CalculusHegel and the CalculusBerkeley and the Foundations of the CalculusDeleuze and the CalculusHegel and DeleuzeThe Kantian AntinomiesConclusion7. Force, Difference, and OppositionIntroductionForce and the UnderstandingThe Inverted WorldDeleuze and the Inverted WorldThe One and the ManyConclusion8. Hegel, Deleuze, and the Structure of the OrganismIntroductionThe Philosophy of NatureHegel and EvolutionHegel’s Account of the Structure of the OrganismHegel, Cuvier, and Comparative AnatomyDeleuze, Geoffroy, and Transcendental AnatomyTeratology and TeleologyContingency in Hegel’s Philosophy of NatureConclusionConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex

Henry Somers-Hall is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at Manchester Metropolitan University in the United Kingdom. He is the cotranslator (with Alistair Welchman, Mergen Reglitz, and Nick Midgley) of Salomon Maimon's Essay on Transcendental Philosophy.

"…the most informed discussion on the philosophical relationship between Hegel and Deleuze published until now … In this sense, it constitutes a must-read for any scholar researching on post-structuralism and the critique of representation." — symplokē"Neither simply disdainful of Hegel, nor wholly convinced by Deleuze, in this rich, wide-ranging volume, Henry Somers-Hall offers what is assuredly the most comprehensive and important treatment of their varied and complex relations to date … a rewarding and recommended read for anyone interested in the ongoing development of Continental philosophy." — Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews"This is the most comprehensive and philosophically interesting analysis of the Deleuze-Hegel relation. Somers-Hall has assembled a remarkable amount of material that is quite diverse—from the problems of representation, judgment, and calculus to those of force and evolution—and his interpretations are masterful. This book will have a significant impact on the way we think about the development of twentieth-century philosophy." — Leonard Lawlor, Sparks Professor of Philosophy, Penn State University"Somers-Hall's book is a profound engagement with both Deleuze and Hegel, and it provides a much-needed antidote to interpretations that all-too-quickly characterize Deleuze as anti-Hegelian." — Daniel W. Smith, coeditor of Gilles Deleuze: Image and Text

• List of IllustrationsList of AbbreviationsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPART ONE: THE PROBLEM OF REPRESENTATION 1. Deleuze and Transcendental EpiricismIntroductionKant and the Critique of Pure ReasonSartre and The Transcendence of the EgoDeleuze and The Logic of SenseConclusion2. Difference and IdentityIntroductionAristotleThe Genus and Equivocity in AristotleChange and the IndividualAquinasSymbolic LogicPreliminary ConclusionsHegel and AristotleZenoConclusion PART TWO: RESPONSES TO REPRESENTATION 3. BergsonismIntroductionBergson’s Account of Kant and Classical LogicBergson’s Method of IntuitionBergson and the Two Kinds of MultiplicityConclusion4. The Virtual and the ActualIntroductionThe Two MultiplicitiesDepth in Deleuze and Merleau-PontyDeleuze and the Structure of the ProblemBergson on RavaissonConclusion5. Infinite ThoughtIntroductionKant and HegelThe Metaphysical Deduction and MetaphysicsFrom Being to EssenceThe Essential and the InessentialThe Structure of ReflectionThe Determinations of ReflectionThe Speculative PropositionThe Concept of Essence in Aristotle and HegelConclusion PART THREE: BEYOND REPRESENTATION 6. Hegel and Deleuze on Ontology and the CalculusIntroductionThe CalculusHegel and the CalculusBerkeley and the Foundations of the CalculusDeleuze and the CalculusHegel and DeleuzeThe Kantian AntinomiesConclusion7. Force, Difference, and OppositionIntroductionForce and the UnderstandingThe Inverted WorldDeleuze and the Inverted WorldThe One and the ManyConclusion8. Hegel, Deleuze, and the Structure of the OrganismIntroductionThe Philosophy of NatureHegel and EvolutionHegel’s Account of the Structure of the OrganismHegel, Cuvier, and Comparative AnatomyDeleuze, Geoffroy, and Transcendental AnatomyTeratology and TeleologyContingency in Hegel’s Philosophy of NatureConclusionConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex