Deleuze and Guattari's Philosophy of Transformation

Edward Thornton is a researcher and historian of philosophy whose work concerns the broad question of how different systems of thought interact with power. He has special interests in the philosophy of Deleuze and Guattari and the history of Institutional Psychotherapy. Recently he has been investigating the burgeoning field of plant philosophy. He is the author of several journal articles including in Deleuze and Guattari Studies, Journal of Transcendental Philosophy, Hypatia and The European Legacy.

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction: Deleuze and Guattari’s Philosophy of Transformation1. Deleuze and the Metaphysics of Difference2. Guattari’s Psychotherapeutic and Militant Escapes3. Anti-Oedipus and Desiring-Machines4. Anti-Oedipus and Social Machines5. A Thousand Plateaus and the Metaphysics of Transformation6. A Thousand Plateaus and Political PragmaticsConclusion: Deleuze and Guattari’s Transformation of PhilosophyBibliographyIndex

A masterful genealogy of one of the leitmotifs of Deleuze and Guattari’s philosophy. Thornton demonstrates with lucidity and erudition the double genesis of the line of flight in the works of both Deleuze and Guattari, developing in the process a compelling reading of their work as a whole.