Art as Abstract Machine

Ontology and Aesthetics in Deleuze and Guattari
1. Auflage 2005
ISBN: 978-0-415-97155-3
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 320 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 672 g

Reihe: Studies in Philosophy

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 philosophers' discussion of ontology from the viewpoint of art-and vice versa-in a thorough questioning of aesthetic criteria as they are normally understood.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Zepke, Stephen

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ästhetik
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunst, allgemein Kunsttheorie, Kunstphilosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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 …

Über Autor(innen)

Stephen Zepke received his PhD in Philosophy from Sydney University.