The UPEI Philosophy Reading Group is starting up again for the 2025/2026 academic year. The group meets downtown on a monthly basis and plans to convene for the first time this semester on Tuesday, September 23, from 7:00-8:00 pm in the Blue Jay Room, Charlottetown Library Learning Centre, 97 Queen Street, Charlottetown.

This year, the group will focus on the philosophy of Gilles Deleuze, beginning with his book Nietzsche and Philosophy. 

In Nietzsche and Philosophy, Deleuze identifies and explores three crucial concepts in Nietzschean thought-multiplicity, becoming, and affirmation-and clarifies Nietzsche's views regarding the will to power, eternal return, nihilism, and difference. For Deleuze, Nietzsche challenged conventional philosophical ideas and provided a means of escape from Hegel's dialectical thinking, which had come to dominate French philosophy. He also offered a path toward a politics of difference. In this new edition, Michael Hardt's foreword examines the profound influence of Deleuze's provocative interpretations on the study of Nietzsche, which opened a whole new avenue in postwar thought."

If you would like to attend our upcoming meeting or simply add your name to the mailing list for future sessions, please contact Dr. Max Schaefer at mschaefer@upei.ca.