Deleuze, Guattari, and the Problem of Transdisciplinarity

Guillaume Collett is Research Fellow in the Centre for Critical Thought, University of Kent, UK.

• ContributorsAcknowledgements Introduction: Philosophy, Disciplinarity and Transdisciplinarity in Deleuze and GuattariGuillaume Collett, University of Kent, UK1. Philosophy and History of Philosophy. Deleuze as a Trainee Guard of Philosophy’s Epistemological BordersGiuseppe Bianco, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil2. Guattari, Transdisciplinarity and the Experimental Transformation of ResearchAndrew Goffey, The University of Nottingham, UK3. The Semiotics of De-Modeling: Peirce and Guattari on the DiagramGuillaume Collett, University of Kent, UK and Chryssa Sdrolia, University of Portsmouth, UK 4. Bachelard and Deleuze on and with Experimental Science, Experimental Philosophy, and Experimental MusicIain Campbell, University of Edinburgh, UK5. Diagrammatic Transdisciplinarity. Thought outside DisciplineKamini Vellodi, The University of Edinburgh, UK6. The History of Philosophy Conceived Of as Mannerist PortraitureSjoerd van Tuinen, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands7. Try Again. Fail Again. Fail Better: The Role Of Literature In Deleuze’s Transcendental EmpiricismEmma Ingala, The Complutense University of Madrid, Spain8. Deleuze: Practical Philosophy. The Trans/disciplinary basis of the Deleuzian conception of Immanence Guillaume Collett, University of Kent, UK9. Architectonics without FoundationsEdward Willatt, Independent Scholar10. Independence, Alliance, and Echo: Deleuze on the Relationship between Philosophy, Science, and ArtGavin Rae, The Complutense University of Madrid, SpainIndex

Like many academics, I once thought that it was obvious what the term ‘transdisciplinary’ meant, as with its various related terms (e.g. inter-, cross-, multi-). No longer. This book compels its reader to rethink such presumptions, whilst at the same time providing a fresh lens through which to explore Deleuze and Guattari’s work – an impressive achievement.