ABSTRACT:
Deleuze and the Social is the first book to focus on the implications of Deleuze and Guattari's thinking on the social sciences and organization. The book is concerned with the most basic notions of 'the social'. It seeks both to comprehend the 'multiplicity' of the social - in Deleuzian terms, the 'becoming' of the social itself; and it seeks to develop a new social analytical practice. Each of the newly commissioned chapters shows the strength and practices the radicalism of a Deleuzian and Guattarian approach to social science and organization studies.
The five parts of the book are organized around central concepts within the social sciences: 'order', 'subjectivity', 'art', 'capitalism' and 'social ontology'. The international team of authors includes Eric Alliez, Maurizio Lazzarato, Eugene Holland, Paul Patton, Manuel DeLanda, and Ian Buchanan.
The book is valuable for both ‘Deleuzians’ and newcomers, plus readers that are neither. All will have the opportunity to benefit from a very focused and accessible volume.
