Deleuze and Geophilosophy: A Guide and Glossary

Mark Bonta; John Protevi

Published by Edinburgh University Press 2004

Deleuze and Geophilosophy

A Guide and Glossary

Mark Bonta and John Protevi

In the series Deleuze Connections

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781474464543

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About this book

This is the first book to use complexity theory to open up the 'geophilosophy' developed by Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari in A Thousand Plateaus, Anti-Oedipus and What is Philosophy?. Written by a philosopher and a geographer in a clear style, with a practical orientation and interdisciplinary focus, the Guide enables readers to grasp the basics of complexity theory (the study of self-organisation and emergence in material systems), while the Glossary eases the difficulty of applying this science to Deleuze and Guattari's often perplexing terminology.

Deleuze and Geophilosophy is thoroughly pragmatic: it asks not what the earth means, but how it works. It provides a common conceptual framework within which physical and human geographers can work together alongside other social scientists, cultural studies practitioners, and philosophers in interdisciplinary teams to explore the entangled flows, lines, grids, and spaces of our world. The book will be of interest to all those working in disciplines at the intersections of culture, nature, space, and history: anthropology, art and architecture theory, communication studies, geography, Marxism and historical materialism, philosophy, postcolonial theory, urban studies, and many other disciplines.

Key Features

Explores a new aspect of Deleuzian thought - 'geophilosophy' (geography & philosophy)
The first part of the book explains the basics of complexity theory
Half of the book is a Glossary which helps readers with Deleuze and Guattari's perplexing terminology
Emphasis on 'bodies politic' in geophilosophy and complexity theory which has never before been linked in such a way

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Abbreviations Publicly Available Download PDF	x
Part I: Guide
1. Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
2. Philosophy and science Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	12
3. Toward a geography of complex spaces Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	32
Part II: Glossary
Deleuzoguattarian geophilosophy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	47
Appendix: Case study- entangled spaces and semiotics in Olancho Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	169
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	191
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	205

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 256
Keywords: Philosophy

eBook

Published: February 7, 2022
ISBN: 9781474464543