A Shock to Thought: Expressions After Deleuze and Guattari (Philosophy & Cultural Studies)

A Shock to Thought brings together essays that explore Deleuze and Guattari's philosophy of expression in a number of contemporary contexts. It will be of interest to all those in philosophy, cultural studies and art theory. The volume also contains an interview with Guattari which clearly restates the 'aesthetic paradigm' that organizes both his and Deleuze's work. 1. Beauty: machinic repetition in the age of art / Melissa McMahon -- 2. Beauty lies in the eye / Steven Shaviro -- 3. Aesthetics: a place I've never seen / Stephen Zagala -- 4. A bestiary of territoriality and expression: poster fish, bower birds, and spiny lobsters / Gary Genosko -- 5. Literature, language, and the non-human / Alan Bourassa -- 6. Exposure: Pasolini in the flesh / Michael Hardt -- 7. Cruel: Antonin Artaud and Gilles Deleuze / Catherine Dale -- 8. Subjectless subjectivities / Paul Bains -- 9. The dancer's body / Jose Gil -- 10. Neo-archaism / Mani Haghighi -- 11. Diagram, inscription, sensation / Thomas Lamarre -- 12. Sound ideas / Aden Evens -- 13. Putting the virtual back into VR / Andrew Murphie. Humanities CONTENTS 6 Introduction 14 1 Beauty: machinic repetition in the age of art 44 2 Beauty lies in the eye 50 3 Aesthetics a place I鈥檝e never seen 61 4 A bestiary of territoriality and expression poster fish bower birds and spiny lobsters 88 5 Literature language and the non human 101 6 Exposure Pasolini in the flesh 118 7 Cruel Antonin Artaud and Gilles Deleuze 126 8 Subjectless subjectivities 142 9 The dancer鈥檚 body 158 10 Neo-archaism 172 11 Diagram inscription sensation 190 12 Sound ideas 212 13 Putting the virtual back into VR 229 14 Trans subjective transferential borderspace 256 15 From transference to the aesthetic paradigm a conversation with F茅lix Guattari 281 Index 287 The works of Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari have had an impact far beyond philosophy. A Shock to Thought brings together a collection of excellent essays that explore the implications of Deleuze and Guattari's philosophy of expression in a number of contemporary contexts. These contexts include beauty vs. modernism, reflection to postmodernism, sensation and politics, the conditions of emergence, the virtual in politics, poetry, music and digital culture. The volume also contains an interview with Guattari that clearly restates the "aesthetic paradigm". We are the leading publishers of quality commentaries on Deleuze & GuattariBrian Massumi is the author of one of the biggest selling books on Deleuze & Guattari and translator of the famous A Thousand Plateaus - his name will carry this collectionDeleuze & Guattari sell well in cultural studies and film studies as well as comparative literatureThe collection boasts essays by an international mix of well known Deleuze & Guattari commentatorsIncludes an interview with Guattari This Text Brings Together Essays Exploring The Implications Of Deleuze And Guattari's Philosophy Of Expression In Contemporary Contexts - Beauty Versus Modernism, Reflection To Postmodernism, Sensation And Politics, And The Conditions Of Emergence.