This philosopher wrote that Bartleby’s formula “I would prefer not to” creates a “zone of indiscernibility” where “all reference is abolished.” For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this neo-Spinozist author of Difference and Repetition and The Logic of Sense.
ANSWER: Gilles Deleuze (“zheel duh-LOOZ”) [or Gilles Louis René Deleuze]
[10e] This philosopher wrote about the indeterminacy of the formula “I would prefer not to” in The Gift of Death. He also wrote Of Grammatology.
ANSWER: Jacques Derrida (“zhahk day-ree-DAH”) [or Jackie Élie Derrida]
[10h] This 2006 book ends by imagining Bartleby smiling like Norman Bates when he delivers the formula “I would prefer not to.” It borrows from Kojin Karatani (“koh-jeen kah-rah-tah-nee”) to theorize a “gap,” which it uses to rework the Hegelian dialectic.
ANSWER: The Parallax View (by Slavoj Žižek)
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