Gregg Lambert Books

"The Elements of Foucault presents a critical study of Foucault's concept of method from the earlier History of Sexuality, Volume 1, to the last lectures on biopolitics and neoliberal governmentality. Gregg Lambert begins from the perception that Foucault's work has been erroneously perceived as fragmented and at odds with itself. To counter this widely held impression, Lambert breaks Foucault's thought down into its most basic elements (its statements, propositions, hypotheses, and figures) in order to understand its method and its own immanent rules of construction"--

The exploration of philosophical expression forms the crux of this work, highlighting how Gilles Deleuze's quest for a new mode of thought has been pivotal since his 1964 publication, Proust and Signs. Gregg Lambert delves into Deleuze's ideas, emphasizing the concept of "the image of thought," which permeates not only Deleuze's solo works but also his collaborations with psychoanalyst Félix Guattari. This analysis sheds light on the evolution of Deleuze's philosophical framework and its significance in contemporary thought.

"Lambert traces the "narrowing" of the constant refrain of "The people are missing," as well as the premise that the act of art is capable of inventing the conditions of a "people" or a "nation," and asks whether this only results in reducing the positive conditions of art and philosophy in the postmodern period"--

Gregg Lambert examines two facets of the return to religion in the 21st century: the resurgence of overtly religious themes in contemporary philosophy and the global `post-secular' turn since 9/11. He reflects on statements from philosophers including Alain Badiou, John D. Caputo, Jacques Derrida and Jean- Luc Nancy.

Drawing from his previous writings on the search for a new image of thought and the vitalist role of 'conceptual personae' in the history of philosophy, Gregg Lambert proposes a new geo-political image of thought that is uniquely commensurate with the globalisation of contemporary continental philosophy