A thousand plateaus and philosophy / edited by Henry Somers-Hall, Jeffrey A. Bell, James Williams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Somers-Hall, Henry, Author.

Contributor:

Bell, Jeffrey A., editor.

Williams, James, editor.

Somers-Hall, Henry, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Deleuze, Gilles, 1925-1995.

Deleuze, Gilles.

Guattari, Félix, 1930-1992.

Guattari, Félix.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 293 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2018]

Summary:

A collaborative close reading of A Thousand Plateaus by some of the world’s leading Deleuze and Guattari scholarsThis volume brings together a team of international specialists on Deleuze and Guattari to provide in-depth critical studies of each plateau of their major work, A Thousand Plateaus. It combines an overview of the text with deep scholarship and brings a renewed focus on the philosophical significance of their project.A Thousand Plateaus represents a whole new way of doing philosophy. This collection supports the critical reception of Deleuze and Guattari’s text as one of the most important and influential works of modern theory.Key FeaturesEmphasises the philosophical nature of A Thousand PlateausProvides detailed coverage of the text as a whole Brings together cutting edge research from some of the leading lights in scholarship on Deleuze and GuattariAn ideal companion to a plateau-by-plateau reading of Deleuze and Guattari’s workContributorsMiguel de Beistegui, University of Warwick, UKJeffrey A. Bell, Southeastern Louisiana University, USARonald Bogue, University of Georgia, USARay Brassier, American University of Beirut, LebanonEugene W. Holland, Ohio State University, USAEmma Ingala, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, ItalySimon O’Sullivan, Goldsmiths, University of London, UKHelen Palmer, Kingston University London, UKPaul Patton, University of New South Wales, AustraliaJohn Protevi, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USADaniel W. Smith, Purdue University, USAHenry Somers-Hall, Royal Holloway, University of London, UKAudrey Wasser, Miami University, USANathan Widder, Royal Holloway, University of London, UKJames Williams, Deakin University, Australia

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Notes on Contributors

Introduction

1 ‘A book? What book?’ Or Deleuze and Guattari on the Rhizome

2 One or Several Wolves: The Wolf-Man’s Pass-Words

3 Who the Earth Thinks It Is

4 Postulates of Linguistics

5 587 bc–ad 70: On Several Regimes of Signs

6 November 28, 1947: How Do You Make Yourself a Body without Organs?

7 Year Zero: Faciality

8 ‘What Happened Next?’: Hjelmslev’s Net, Arachne’s Web and the Figure of the Line

9 Micropolitics and Segmentarity

10 Memories of a Deleuzian: To Think is Always to Follow the Witches’ Flight

11 Of the Refrain (The Ritornello)

12 1227: Treatise on Nomadology – The War Machine

13 7000 bc: Apparatus of Capture

14 The Smooth and the Striated

15 Concrete Rules and Abstract Machines: Form and Function in A Thousand Plateaus

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-7486-9727-6

0-7486-9729-2

OCLC:

1312726014