Der monströse Fouleuze: Eine philosophische Lektüre von Andrej Belyjs Petersburg

Abstract

This paper deals critically with the posthumous interpretation of Foucault's work by Gilles Deleuze. The inquiry begins with Deleuze's claim that the late Foucault was a topologist like Andrei Bely in his modernist novel Petersburg. In order to illuminate this Deleuzian perspective, the author discusses the concepts of dispositif and chronotope. By analyzing a key scene from Petersburg, the paper concludes that Deleuze's notion of topology is closer to his own philosophical system than to Foucault's historical research.

Keywords

• chronotope
• dispositif
• petersburg
• topology
• Bely
• Deleuze