Review
"[S]olo Guattari is given as much prominence as solo Deleuze or the joint work [...] The very identity of the new or of different kinds of new is examined [...] giving an admirably lucid exposition of the mechanics of the relationship between identity, difference and novelty in Deleuze [...] Overall, the combination of sustained intelligence, depth and variety throughout [...] is remarkable." Deleuze Studies 5.1 (2011) --Guy Callan
Product Description
Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari have arguably gone further than anyone in contemporary philosophy in affirming a philosophy of creation, one that both establishes and encourages a clear ethical imperative: to create the new. In this remarkable undertaking, these two thinkers have created a fresh engagement of thought with the world. This important collection of essays attempts to explore and extend the creative rupture that Deleuze and Guattari produce in the Capitalism and Schizophrenia project. The essays in this volume, all by leading thinkers and theorists, extend Deleuze and Guattari's project by offering creative experiments in constructing new communities - of ideas and objects, experiences and collectives - that cohere around the interaction of philosophy, the arts and the political realm. Deleuze, Guattari and the Production of the New produces new perspectives on Deleuze and Guattari's work by emphasising its relevance to the contemporary intersection of aesthetics and political theory, thereby exploring a pressing contemporary problem: the production of the new.