Re: Seamlessness

>As with any worthwhile thinker it might be best not to foster a  "Deleuze
>for Dummies," mentality. All the books are well-known, I favor _The Fold_
>and _Negotiations_ is a good guide. Of course the tome is _1000 Plateuas_.
>Deleuze is the thinker of the 21st century and the folding in of ecological
>concerns is certainly a part of our fabric.   Deleuze is the thinker of AND
>vs. the Deconstructionist NOT.  He is a thinker of continuities and to do
>this he has to negotiate a very strong tendency in philosophy: HEGEL!  To
>the extent that he is successful in developing a philosophy based on
>substance and not consciousness, I have to say, it continues to amaze me.
>So, be wary of the use of the terms of consciousness, in Deleuz's reverse
>Platonism.  And for those critics who might raproach me for turning from
>Decon to Deleuze, be careful. I have my own take on Deleuze that doesn't
>abandon Heidegger and Derrida but reasserts them into Deleuzian blind
>spots. Pay your dues (or your Deleuze) on this body of thought, it will be
>the most practical thing you can do for your future.
>
>spN
if we are wishing to avoid Deluze for dummies, how does one stroll by the
Anti-Oedipus?  If you concerned about throughgoing critical analyses, and
trying to establish some contextual understanding of how Deluze in read in
this country and why, its hard to avoid this work (unless this discussion
is more advanced than I thought and we presume such knowledge as a point of
departure; Deluze after all, is read in America _primarily_ as a literary
critic, even today).

And though slim, a good contextualizing piece of Deluze is 'Postscript on
Socities of Control' (October 59) which is polemical and indicative of
Deluze's political interests.  He seems very sceptical of the role of
technology as a liberating force (which I am not accussing of spN of
advocating directly, but it some read as essetial to its thesis), and makes
overts comments vis a vis supposedly archaic social structures (i.e.,
unions) and there role in resistance to creeping technological control, not
seamlessness.


nic musolino
subject@xxxxxxxx
10019