The incomplete project of schizoanalysis : collected essays on Deleuze and Guattari

20 essays written over a 20-year period that each, in their own way, attempt to invent a way of doing schizoanalysis Collects 18 previously published essays and two new essays by one of the world’s leading commentators on Deleuze and Guattari Provides a single place to encounter Buchanan’s work on Deleuze and Guattari Frames the text through schizoanalysis, which provides a stepping-off point as well as a guiding thread through the collection Applies schizoanalysis in innovative ways ‘If all we do is bring to light what we already know, then what is the point of what we are doing?’ This has been Ian Buchanan’s guiding motto throughout his academic career and continues to inform his reading of Deleuze and Guattari. In these 20 essays written over a 20-year period, Buchanan shines a light on the experimental nature of the work of Deleuze and Guattari. He shows it to be constitutively incomplete as their project was an attempt to understand our contemporary situation which is constantly changing and can therefore never be understood in a complete way. Clustered around five main themes – Method, Film, Space, Analysis and Assemblages – Buchanan's book will appeal to experts as well as those new to Deleuze and Guattari working across literary criticism, film studies, cultural studies, political theory and philosophy. If all we do is bring to light what we already know, then what is the point of what we are doing??0This has been Ian Buchanan?s guiding motto throughout his academic career and continues to inform his reading of Deleuze and Guattari. In these 20 essays written over a 20-year period, Buchanan shines a light on the experimental nature of the work of Deleuze and Guattari. He shows it to be constitutively incomplete as their project was an attempt to understand our contemporary situation which is constantly changing and can therefore never be understood in a complete way.0Clustered around five main themes ? Method, Film, Space, Analysis and Assemblages ? Buchanan's book will appeal to experts as well as those new to Deleuze and Guattari working across literary criticism, film studies, cultural studies, political theory and philosophy. A collection of essays written over a period of 20 years focused on the work of Deleuze and Guattari paying particular attention to its application in critical theory and cultural studies. Consisting of 20 essays grouped into 5 sections, each focused on a different topic (methodology, film, space, analysis, and assemblages), this collection canvases a wide variety of topics including architecture, the films of Alfred Hitchcock, the work of Paulo Freire, Deleuze and Guattari’s notion of schizoanalysis, as well as the concept of the assemblage. It offers close-readings of Deleuze and Guattari’s most important concepts, with detailed and clear explanations of their origin and meaning. "In these 20 essays written over a 20-year period, Buchanan shines a light on the experimental nature of the work of Deleuze and Guattari. He shows it to be constitutively incomplete as their project was an attempt to understand our contemporary situation which is constantly changing and can therefore never be understood in a complete way. Clustered around five main themes - Method, Film, Space, Analysis and Assemblages - Buchanan's book will appeal to experts as well as those new to Deleuze and Guattari working across literary criticism, film studies, cultural studies, political theory and philosophy"-- Provided by publisher