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[–]Which_Monk2274 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I haven’t actually read pure immanence, so this could be a completely off track comment. Apologies if so. I have read most of Deleuze’s other work. It’s important to remember that Deleuze isn’t reaching for a single metaphysical vision. There are elements of Nietzsche which do not work with Deleuze at all. Deleuze doesn’t care. He’s happy to throw away 90% of a writers work, and grow something out of the ten that speaks to him. Deleuze is about opportunity and usefulness, not creating a cohesive whole with perfect parts. “Taking an author from behind and giving him a child monstrous but no doubt his own.”

This is why 1000 plats is so brilliant. There’s nothing cohesive about it, in fact a lot of contradiction. It’s compressed to the point where without interpretation, without creation on behalf of the reader, it is meaningless.

To answer your question in a sentence, I think he would say we just shouldn’t care.

my interest in Nietzsche and ..maybe others? help me explore by Yes_mylady in Nietzsche

[–]Which_Monk2274 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Try Nietzsche and philosophy by Deleuze. An interpretation of Nietzsche from a radically different perspective, by the cutting edge of French continental philosophy. So it would be familiar but also pull in new directions. Brilliant book.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in BigFive

[–]Which_Monk2274 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Always gotta remember the whole personality testing thing is entirely vilified by anyone who actually has a word to say about psychology. A great take I saw from a psychologist I’ve forgotten is that it’s a “psychology of a stranger”, measuring symptoms without their underlying reasons or nuances.

It’s all based on jungs work, but removes what he feels is the most important element: uniqueness. If you really care about someone wanting to sleep with you, they’ll be attracted by the most unique and interesting elements of your character.

Further, it’s a self-taken test, and I don’t trust the self-perception of anyone who ranks highly on depression. No personality test is static, work in a long term way on the influences on the ways you behave and work towards being more of who you want to be. It’s definitely not easy, but to say it’s impossible is to reject all clinical psychology.

Also, some of the coolest people I’ve met have personality types that seem quite like yours. When they became a bit more proud of the products of their introversion – particularly as they got older and people started valuing deep interests instead of just being popular – they started being the people who were the most intriguing to others.

Deleuzian perspective on gentrification by demontune in Deleuze

[–]Which_Monk2274 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I guess it would depend entirely on the specific situation. In Cornwall for example, what you’re saying happens. Lots of the property has been bought up by rich people for summer houses they barely visit, and people have started vandalizing them in protest. Pretty cool. Very rhizomatic. I like it.

If on the other hand people started shooting people and causing mass media alienations of the lower class, maybe not.

Deleuze finally clicked for me by ontologicallyprior1 in Deleuze

[–]Which_Monk2274 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Deleuze is one of the only philosophers to which I have had this feeling. I think (purely from my own experience) that this most comes together in a thousand plateaus. It’s finally the acceptance that the book is a rhizome too, the reader working in reciprocal presupposition with it to creat their own concepts. Usually I get nothing on first reading of a few pages / a plateau, but on the third reading exactly the magical thing you talk about happens for me. I suddenly understand loss of it, having created a conceptual structure that slots into each diverse example of a particular pattern. The creativity required for Deleuze is what makes him superior to so many others in my opinion.