Actions and Abstractions: Deleuzian Lines of Flight

All about how to take Gilles Deleuze to the field of reflection and action.The podcast is sponsored by The True Representation Movement (TRM).For more on TRM see: https://jointrm.com/#Deleuze #Deleuzian #TRM

Actions and Abstractions: Deleuzian Lines of Flight is a society podcast hosted by The True Representation Movement, with 15 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  Machinic Assemblages of Desire

  Aug 19, 202629 min

  The book Machinic Assemblages of Desire , edited by Paulo de Assis and Paolo Giudici, explores the intersection of artistic research and the philosophical concepts of Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari . This volume specifically focuses on the logic of the assemblage , examining how creative practices in music, visual arts, and performance interact with complex systems of organization and desire. In the featured essay, Ian Buchanan clarifies that a territory is not merely a physical space but a subjective arrangement of signs used to establish order against the encroaching forces of chaos . This defensive process of territorialization allows individuals to navigate "black holes," which represent the destructive risks of social or mental collapse. Ultimately, the text argues that human existence is a continuous effort to build and refine these expressive structures to maintain a liveable reality.

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  Deleuze and the Authorial Function

  Aug 18, 202646 min

  This doctoral thesis by Niall Kennedy investigates Gilles Deleuze’s philosophical relationship with the concept of authorship . While many critics view Deleuze as a thinker who dismantled the idea of a unified self, Kennedy argues that Deleuze actually relied on a coherent authorial function to organize his analyses of art, cinema, and philosophy. The text examines how Deleuze identified the author as a creative consciousness that persists through time, developing specific projects and unique styles. Through close readings of Deleuze’s monographs, the author demonstrates that Deleuze prioritized authorial intention and historical context over the free play of reader interpretation. Ultimately, the source positions Deleuze as a thinker who used the proper names of great creators to impose unity and rigorous boundaries on complex intellectual fields.

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  Nomadic Education: Variations on a Theme by Deleuze and Guattari

  Aug 17, 202643 min

  Inna Semetsky’s Nomadic Education is a scholarly collection that integrates the poststructuralist philosophy of Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari into contemporary educational theory . The text positions learning as a dynamic, "nomadic" process of concept creation rather than a passive transmission of established facts. Across thirteen chapters, various contributors utilize Deleuzian metaphors like the rhizome and the line of flight to challenge rigid institutional structures and traditional curricula. Key themes include the pedagogy of the image , the ethical dimensions of the unconscious , and the impact of the creative economy on schooling. Ultimately, the volume advocates for a "minor" philosophy of education that embraces unpredictability, artistic expression, and the transformative power of becoming .

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  The Movement of Being: A Minor Literature of the Body

  Aug 16, 202639 min

  Adam Foster’s thesis, "The Movement of Being," challenges traditional political thought by critiquing the liberal model of the individual as a self-contained, rational, and autonomous entity. Drawing heavily on the philosophies of Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari , Foster argues that the human body is not a static object but a fluid site of "becoming" shaped by external forces. He categorizes mainstream political theory as a "major literature" that uses the philosophies of Descartes and Hobbes to enforce a rigid, state-aligned view of subjectivity. In contrast, he proposes a "minor literature" centered on affect , which views the body as a collection of prepersonal intensities and powers. By analyzing cultural examples like the Bling Ring and films such as Magnolia , the text illustrates how bodies are constantly conditioned by their surroundings rather than internal logic. Ultimately, Foster advocates for a micropolitics of resistance that moves beyond the individual to embrace the body’s ephemeral and social nature.

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  Mannerist Portraiture: Deleuze and the Art of Philosophical Invention

  Aug 15, 202643 min

  This Deep Dive examines Sjoerd van Tuinen's explorations of Gilles Deleuze’s unique approach to the history of philosophy, characterizing it as a mannerist art of portraiture rather than a traditional academic study. Instead of merely repeating a thinker's words, Deleuze creates noetic portraits that use difference and repetition to produce a resemblance based on creative expression rather than literal mimicry. This method involves a "buggery" or "immaculate conception" of the past, where the commentator enters a philosopher’s work from behind to generate a "monstrous" but faithful offspring. Van Tuinen illustrates how this dramatization of concepts functions like a cinema of thought , blending historical figures with new problems to achieve a zone of indiscernibility between the author and the interpreter. By moving from hermeneutics to hermeticism , Deleuze treats philosophical systems as machinic assemblages and folds, seeking to extract the vital movement of thought from stagnant academic clichés. Ultimately, this minor mode of thinking demonstrates that true philosophy is found not in stable identities, but in the continuous variation of manners and the creative betrayal of the canon.

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