Theory & Philosophy

Gilles Deleuze & Félix Guattari's "A Thousand Plateaus" (Part 1/4)

Oct 3, 2020
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INSIGHT

Rhizome Over Tree Thinking

  • Deleuze and Guattari replace arborescent totalities with rhizomes to emphasize multiplicities over singular unities.
  • Engaging a rhizome dissolves subject/object splits and foregrounds connections across a plane of consistency.
ANECDOTE

Soccer Field Example

  • Guignion illustrates the plane of consistency with kids turning a field, shoes, and a ball into a soccer game and identities.
  • The field is a body without organs and the game temporarily territorializes those elements into roles.
INSIGHT

Territorialize, Deterritorialize, Repeat

  • Territorialization is always paired with deterritorialization and reterritorialization in dynamic cycles.
  • A rhizome both maps intensities and evades final capture by temporary strata.
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