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Gilles Deleuze (1925–1995) was a major French philosopher known for his influential works on philosophy, literature, and art. Félix Guattari (1930–1992) was a French psychoanalyst and philosopher who collaborated with Deleuze on several groundbreaking books, including Anti-Oedipus and A Thousand Plateaus.
Known for: A Thousand Plateaus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia
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A Thousand Plateaus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia
A Thousand Plateaus is the second volume of Deleuze and Guattari’s landmark project Capitalism and Schizophrenia. This work explores concepts such as multiplicity, rhizome, and becoming, offering a non-hierarchical and anti-structuralist approach to philosophy, politics, and society. It challenges traditional modes of thought and proposes a dynamic model of reality based on flows, assemblages, and lines of flight.
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Plateau 1 – 'Introduction: Rhizome'
The opening plateau lays out the fundamental metaphor and method: the rhizome. Unlike a tree, which hierarchically organizes knowledge through roots and branches, the rhizome proliferates horizontally. Any point can connect to any other; there is no center, no origin, no hierarchy. Félix and I insis...
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Plateau 2 – '1914: One or Several Wolves?'
Here we encounter the question of multiplicity in its relation to psychoanalysis. Freud, interpreting the Wolf-Man, confined desire to the familial triangle—father, mother, child. We reexamine this case and ask: was the Wolf-Man’s dream of wolves about one wolf or several? By privileging unity, Freu...
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About Gilles Deleuze, Félix Guattari
Gilles Deleuze (1925–1995) was a major French philosopher known for his influential works on philosophy, literature, and art. Félix Guattari (1930–1992) was a French psychoanalyst and philosopher who collaborated with Deleuze on several groundbreaking books, including Anti-Oedipus and A Thousand Pla...
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Gilles Deleuze (1925–1995) was a major French philosopher known for his influential works on philosophy, literature, and art. Félix Guattari (1930–1992) was a French psychoanalyst and philosopher who collaborated with Deleuze on several groundbreaking books, including Anti-Oedipus and A Thousand Pla...
Gilles Deleuze (1925–1995) was a major French philosopher known for his influential works on philosophy, literature, and art. Félix Guattari (1930–1992) was a French psychoanalyst and philosopher who collaborated with Deleuze on several groundbreaking books, including Anti-Oedipus and A Thousand Plateaus.
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