DeleuzeISBN: 978-0-7456-3034-2
Hardcover
200 pages
February 2007, Polity
Other Available Formats: Paperback
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Reidar Due offers an entirely new interpretation of Deleuze's
philosophy, centred around the notion of thought as a capacity to
form relations. These relations are embodied in nature, in language
and in the unconscious; in art, science and social practice. With
this concept of embodied thought, Deleuze challenges our most
entrenched beliefs about the self and about signs whether
linguistic or social. He develops an original theory of power and
social systems and presents a method for understanding any
signifying practice, from language and ritual to the unconscious,
including cinema, literature and painting.
Due analyses the different strands in this theoretical edifice and shows its implications for a wide range of human sciences, from history and psychology to political theory and cultural studies.