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Deleuze and Guattari - jamalcalypse - 05-06-2025
Deleuze and Guattari - Difference and repetition (1968).pdf (Size: 3.03 MB / Downloads: 0)
""Difference and Repetition" is a seminal work by philosopher Gilles Deleuze, published in 1968, which articulates his philosophical stance and introduces his exploration of the concept of difference. Deleuze positions his work within the "philosophies of difference" tradition, contrasting it with classical metaphysics that emphasizes identity and stability. He argues for an understanding of difference that exists independently of pre-defined terms, focusing on intrinsic differences that generate meaning rather than simply contrasting identifiable objects.
In this text, Deleuze elaborates on the notions of groundlessness and chaos, suggesting that the chaotic realm is filled with infinite differences that defy simple categorization. He employs concepts from differential calculus to illustrate how these differences can be integrated into coherent structures, using the idea of "abstract machines" to filter chaos into consistent systems. By doing so, he challenges the notion of a pre-existing order and emphasizes the dynamic, ever-evolving nature of reality.
"Difference and Repetition" has had a significant influence on post-structuralist thought and has been pivotal in establishing Deleuze's reputation, paving the way for his later collaborative works with Félix Guattari. The book continues to resonate within contemporary philosophical discussions, providing fresh insights into identity, difference, and the nature of existence."
Deleuze and Guattari - A Thousand Plateaus (1980).pdf (Size: 3.34 MB / Downloads: 0)
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(AI) ""A Thousand Plateaus," by Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari, is a complex philosophical work that explores concepts like deterritorialization, territorialization, rhizomes, and schizoanalysis. It argues that traditional hierarchical structures of thought are oppressive and proposes a rhizomatic approach to knowledge, emphasizing fluidity, interconnectedness, and the multiplicity of experience. The book is not structured in a linear fashion, encouraging readers to explore different "plateaus" of thought independently"
Deleuze and Guattari - Anti Oedipus (1972).pdf (Size: 3.55 MB / Downloads: 0)
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"Among the most influential, provocative, and controversial philosophical works of the 20th century, Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari’s Anti-Oedipus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia took up the question first posed by Baruch Spinoza: “Why do men fight for their servitude as stubbornly as though it were their salvation?” For Deleuze and Guattari, finding the answer requires a wholescale reevaluation of psychoanalysis and Marxism. On the one hand, orthodox Marxism offers a brilliant analyses of social relations and processes in the modern world, but lacks a true account of psychology or interiority. On the other hand, psychoanalysis offers insights into interior worlds, but in ways that fall short of both society and history. In part a response to the demonstrations and strikes that took place in France in May of 1968, Anti-Oedipus offers a radical analysis of capitalism that synthesizes political economy and psychology anew. This “schizoanalysis” jettisons a host of prevailing assumptions and crafts in their place new or adapted theoretical concepts now familiar in contemporary social theoretical discourse, like the-body-without-organs, rhizomes and the rhizomatic, desiring-machines, and deterritorialization and reterritorialization, among many others. Anti-Oedipus proposes a politics based on the mobilization of a “schizoanalytic” unconsciousness: one that is open to everyone, shaped by social and economic forces, and assembled across intersecting flows of desire, “breaks,” and diverse material “fluxes.” In perhaps its ultimate provocation, Anti-Oedipus poses that sexuality is omnipresent, that capitalism has no limits, and that “the revolutionary path” is not to stop either but “to go further, ‘to accelerate the process.’” Why, for Deleuze and Guattari, is desire revolutionary? And how can we understand Anti-Oedipus and its claims today?"