Customer Review: There's enough postmodern nonsense in this book to start a cult. Which, sadly, has happened. D & G's credibility in the universities has been established by ideologues interested in tickling their fantasies of being Continental philosophers and their zealous quest to make of the raw... more info
Customer Review: While many philosophical texts can lay claim to a good cerebral work-out Massumi makes sure you don't forget that the body and sensation are very much part of this process. As he says "There is no thought that is not accompanied by a physical sensation of effort of agitation, (if only a knitting of... more info
Customer Review: Massumi saunters purposefully through the landscape created by Deleuze and Guattari while simultaneously staying true to the two authors' signature style. If you have read ANTI-OEDIPUS and/or A THOUSAND PLATEAUS, this book is an excellent supplement. Massumi seems to target young scholars or readers... more info
Customer Review: This collection of essays, edited by Brian Massumi, is an impressive exploration of the implication of Deleuze-Guattarian thought for the philosophy of communication. True, as Massumi notes in his excellent introduction, 'communication' is a fraught and inconsistently used term in their work. But... more info
Customer Review: Any fan of Foucault or Blanchot should greatly appreciate these two short homages. Maurice Blanchot was originaly a literary critic who later wrote fictions, philosophical essays, and unusual hybrids of the two. A contemporary and friend of Levinas, his work has had a huge impact on post WWII... more info
Customer Review: I thought this was wonderful. It's basically a tour de force of Deleuze, Guattari, Reagan and the first Emperor of China - and by the second chapter it all made sense to me. Ultimately it's a study of fascism, in China and in America... admittedly important places for it.
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