Charles Péguy (original) (raw)

Charles Péguy is referred to by Gilles Deleuze on twenty-one occasions, spread across ten books from Difference and Repetition (1968) to What is Philosophy? (1991). Although Deleuze’s usage of Péguy is somewhat narrow, he is employed at significant locations in the analysis of repetition and events, both of which are areas of capital importance to Deleuze’s broader philosophy. In this respect, while Deleuze is not a Péguyist and ignores many of Péguy’s main contributions to thought, Péguy nevertheless plays a vital role in the formation and explanation of Deleuze’s thinking.