Deleuze and Guattari's Philosophy of Freedom by Dorothea Olko... - 9781032093840

Taylor & Francis

Deleuze and Guattari's Philosophy of FreedomFreedoms Refrains\nAuthor(s): Dorothea Olkowski, Eftichis Pirovolakis\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032093840, 978-1032093840\nSynopsis\nThis volume addresses the issue of freedom in the philosophy of Deleuze and Guattari. This is all the more challenging in that Deleuze-Guattari almost never use the term freedom, preferring instead, the concept of the refrain. The essays collected in the volume show that freedom has been understood in a remarkably narrow sense and that in fact freedom operates as the refrain in every realm of thought and creation. The motivating approach in these essays is Deleuze-Guattaris emphasis on the irreality of media and capitalistic sign regimes, which they perceive to have taken over even the practices of philosophy, the arts, and science. By offering a clear and engaging treatment of the underexplored issue of freedom, this volume moves .