A Study Of Deleuze’s Critical Transformation Of Kant’s Imagination Theory

Deleuze’s philosophical system is constructed on the basis of re-reading and deconstructing many philosophers.Among many philosophers,in addition to Bergson,Spinoza,Nietzsche and other philosophers,Kant’s influence on Deleuze’s theory of Ideas is almost greater than the above-mentioned philosophers to some extent.This is mainly manifested as a kind of structural transformation and critique.Specifically,the construction of Deleuze’s Idealism just needs something from the interior of Kant’s philosophy,which is "imagination".Through the further reconstruction of the two activities of imagination and relationships’ states,Deleuze completed the structure of the intermediate link between the dual origins of his own theory of Ideas.Firstly,in the "synthesis" activity of Kant’s imagination,Deleuze moved the recognition rules of Kant’s comprehensive activity that connects concepts and intuitions into his own theory,so as to build on the dynamic generation from sensibility to idea.Thus,the question of the origin of thought has been answered satisfactorily.Secondly,in the "schema" activity of Kant’s imagination,Deleuze transferred the rule of production of Kant’s schema used to communicate categories and empirical phenomena into the static generation of the actualization of Ideas,thus solving the problem of Idea’s actualization.Additionally,the indirect influence of Kant’s imagination theory on Deleuze’s formation also includes the two relationships’ states in Kant’s imagination theory,namely,the inharmonious harmony(between imagination and understanding)in aesthetic judgment and the discordant accord(between imagination and reason)in sublime.This indirect impact is different from the direct impact caused by the above two activities.The two states of the relationship have become Deleuze’s critical content or starting point for thinking.It is mainly manifested in two aspects:Firstly,it makes Deleuze discovered the existence of a dogmatic image from the harmony of subjective postulates.Secondly,In Deleuze’s view,the beaking of the limits of imagination in sublime arouses the transcendental operation of various functions,thus laying a favorable foundation for confirming the present of Ideas and the arrival of ‘encounter’philosophy.In general,the critical transformation of synthesis,schema and relationship’states has important constructive significance for Deleuze’s theory of Ideas.Transformation has promoted the solution of old problems and the birth pf a new image.Therefore,the influence of Kant’s imaginative theory on Deleuze’s formation is far more than the absorption and transformation on the conceptual level,but also a critical displacement on the structural level.It is through this structural displacement that Deleuze’s philosophy finally grows up within Kant’s philosophy in a subversive manner.