Philosophy as a Way of Life: Deleuze on Thinking and Money.

The author discusses Gilles Deleuze's understanding of philosophy as a way of life by exploring his theory on thinking and money. He says that what matters for Deleuze is the plane of immanence, that to think is to install oneself on this plane, which implies a way of life. His analysis of Deleuze's...

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Publicado en:Substance: A Review of Theory & Literary Criticism Vol. 39; no. 1; pp. 24 - 38
Autor principal: Goodchild, Philip
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Johns Hopkins University Press 2010
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Sumario:The author discusses Gilles Deleuze's understanding of philosophy as a way of life by exploring his theory on thinking and money. He says that what matters for Deleuze is the plane of immanence, that to think is to install oneself on this plane, which implies a way of life. His analysis of Deleuze's views on thinking, on how he came to suggest philosophy as a way of life, showed him that his philosophy is a spiritual and political exercise in the emancipation of life—a spiritual politics. He gives the same conclusion on Deleuze's theory of money.