The Movement of Deleuzoguattarian War Machine and the Duration of City Cover Image

Ruch deleuzoguattariańskiej maszyny wojennej i trwanie miasta
The Movement of Deleuzoguattarian War Machine and the Duration of City

Author(s): Jadwiga Zimpel
Subject(s): Political Philosophy, Social Philosophy, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Culture and social structure
Published by: Instytut Nauk o Kulturze i Studiów Interdyscyplinarnych - Wydział Filologiczny - Uniwersytet Śląski
Keywords: Deleuze; Guattari; war machine; city;movement;

Summary/Abstract: The article proposes a reconstruction of the basic assumptions of the concept of movement introduced by Deleuze and Guattari in A Thousand plateaus. The reconstruction, based on the strategy of a close reading, distinguishes three basic elements describing the absolute movement of war machine: a contingent change of direction dictated by a factual necessity, free action and a creative act. The context of reflection on the movement of a war machine is the question of its role in developing urbanity. The article puts forward the thesis that the city and its culture is the effect of a productive tension between the smooth and striated space, the duration of which depends on maintaining difference which divide them.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 27
  • Page Range: 1-12
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish