1st Edition
Art as Abstract Machine Ontology and Aesthetics in Deleuze and Guattari
By Stephen Zepke
Copyright 2005
318 Pages
8 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
320 Pages
8 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
318 Pages
8 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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The aim of this book is to understand what Deleuze and Guattari mean by art. Stephen Zepke argues that art, in their account, is an ontological term and an ontological practice that results in a new understanding of aesthetics. For Deleuze and Guattari understanding what art is means understanding how it works, what it does, how it becomes, and finally, how it lives. This book illuminates these... Read more
Introduction Art as Abstract Machine; 1: The Artist-Philosopher: Deleuze, Nietzsche, and the Critical Art of Affirmation; 2: Spinoza: Mystical Atheism and the Art of Beatitude; 3: We Need New Signs: Towards a Cinematic Image of Thought; 4: A Freedom for the End of the World: Painting and Absolute Deterritorialisation; 5: Songs of Molecules: The Chaosmosis of Sensation; 6: The Agitations of a Convulsive Life: Painting the Flesh; Conclusion A Break, a Becoming, and a Belief …
Biography
Stephen Zepke received his PhD in Philosophy from Sydney University.
