Acid Horizon Deleuze vs Hegel: Beyond Kant and Representation with Henry Somers-Hall
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Oct 11, 2025 
In this lively discussion, Henry Somers-Hall, an expert on Hegel and Deleuze, dives into the philosophical clash between these two giants. He explores how both thinkers challenge Kantian representation, with Hegel focusing on dialectics and Deleuze on a pre-representational field. Somers-Hall traces Deleuze's journey through Kant and Sartre, highlighting the emergence of the ego versus Deleuze's self-organizing field. The conversation also delves into the politics of Kantian thought and the innovative concept of a body without organs. It's a thought-provoking exploration of philosophical boundaries!
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Two Paths Beyond Kant
- Both Deleuze and Hegel react to Kant by explaining how conceptual categories emerge rather than taking them as given.
- Hegel explains categories dialectically, while Deleuze posits a pre-representational field that structures sense.
Representation Versus Pre-Representational Sense
- Kant gives categories as functions of judgment but cannot fully justify why those categories and not others exist.
- Hegel sees categories emerging immanently; Deleuze traces them to a prior differential field of sense.
Pre-Individual Field Versus Dialectical Origination
- A key divergence: Hegel dialectically unfolds categories from an abstract 'being', while Deleuze posits a differentiated transcendental field prior to judgment.
- Deleuze preserves a transcendental grounding but rejects its structuring as subjective judging.
