Contingency in the Heart of Necessity: Hegel's and Deleuze's Ontologies

The present text seeks, counter to prevailing trends, to explore an approximation between the philosophies of Hegel and Deleuze. The core of this connection can be found in their respective ontologies, developed in The Science of Logic and Difference and Repetition, respectively. The aim is to rearticulate the relationship between contingency and necessity, especially in Hegel. This is due to the fact that hegemonic readings of this author excessively focus on necessity, relegating contingency to a secondary role. A new reading of the contingent nature of necessity in Hegel could bring this author closer to the French philosopher who so often criticized the German idealist.