John Protevi
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- August 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780816681013
- eISBN:
- 9781452948713
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- DOI:
- 10.5749/minnesota/9780816681013.001.0001
- Subject:
- Philosophy, General
Life, War, Earth is excitingly speculative yet empirically responsible. Protevi shows that Deleuze’s ontology of the virtual, intensive, and actual [or just “Deleuze’s philosophy”] helps us ...
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Life, War, Earth is excitingly speculative yet empirically responsible. Protevi shows that Deleuze’s ontology of the virtual, intensive, and actual [or just “Deleuze’s philosophy”] helps us understand crucial new issues in geography, cognitive science and biology. In linking the geo-political, the bio-neuro-political, and the techno-political, Life, War, Earth continues Protevi’s unique analysis, begun in Political Affect, of “bodies politic” that go “above, beyond, and alongside the subject.” The book will serve to introduce scientifically minded philosophers and philosophically minded scientists to the benefits of a Deleuzean approach, and to introduce Deleuzeans and other continental philosophers to the possibilities of linking Deleuze’s thought to that of some of the most interesting and important contemporary sciences. Protevi shows how a Deleuzean approach can illuminate key issues in war and military training; in the “embodied mind” approach to cognitive science; and in new approaches in biology. There are overlapping themes of affect and of “difference and development” – that is, variation in trans-generational subjectification practices – that disabuse us of the customary albeit largely unthematized focus on the rational male adult subject. The book shows how the social and the somatic are not opposed to each other, but are interwoven on three time scales – the evolutionary, the developmental, and the behavioral – and on three political scales – the geo-political, the bio-neuro-political, and the techno-political.Less
Life, War, Earth is excitingly speculative yet empirically responsible. Protevi shows that Deleuze’s ontology of the virtual, intensive, and actual [or just “Deleuze’s philosophy”] helps us understand crucial new issues in geography, cognitive science and biology. In linking the geo-political, the bio-neuro-political, and the techno-political, Life, War, Earth continues Protevi’s unique analysis, begun in Political Affect, of “bodies politic” that go “above, beyond, and alongside the subject.” The book will serve to introduce scientifically minded philosophers and philosophically minded scientists to the benefits of a Deleuzean approach, and to introduce Deleuzeans and other continental philosophers to the possibilities of linking Deleuze’s thought to that of some of the most interesting and important contemporary sciences. Protevi shows how a Deleuzean approach can illuminate key issues in war and military training; in the “embodied mind” approach to cognitive science; and in new approaches in biology. There are overlapping themes of affect and of “difference and development” – that is, variation in trans-generational subjectification practices – that disabuse us of the customary albeit largely unthematized focus on the rational male adult subject. The book shows how the social and the somatic are not opposed to each other, but are interwoven on three time scales – the evolutionary, the developmental, and the behavioral – and on three political scales – the geo-political, the bio-neuro-political, and the techno-political.
John Protevi
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- August 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780816681013
- eISBN:
- 9781452948713
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- DOI:
- 10.5749/minnesota/9780816681013.003.0008
- Subject:
- Philosophy, General
Chapter 6, on the “granularity problem,” looks at the way in which the production of large-scale patterns of individual consciousness can often be analyzed in terms of subjectification practices that ...
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Chapter 6, on the “granularity problem,” looks at the way in which the production of large-scale patterns of individual consciousness can often be analyzed in terms of subjectification practices that are tied to political economy.Less
Chapter 6, on the “granularity problem,” looks at the way in which the production of large-scale patterns of individual consciousness can often be analyzed in terms of subjectification practices that are tied to political economy.
John Protevi
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- August 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780816681013
- eISBN:
- 9781452948713
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- DOI:
- 10.5749/minnesota/9780816681013.003.0009
- Subject:
- Philosophy, General
Chapter 7, “Adding Deleuze to the Mix,” reworks an article for the specialist journal Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences; it makes the case that Deleuze’s ontology can help with questions about ...
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Chapter 7, “Adding Deleuze to the Mix,” reworks an article for the specialist journal Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences; it makes the case that Deleuze’s ontology can help with questions about the ontological status of perceptual capacities and exercise, as well as help deal with the realism / idealism debate.Less
Chapter 7, “Adding Deleuze to the Mix,” reworks an article for the specialist journal Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences; it makes the case that Deleuze’s ontology can help with questions about the ontological status of perceptual capacities and exercise, as well as help deal with the realism / idealism debate.
John Protevi
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- August 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780816681013
- eISBN:
- 9781452948713
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- DOI:
- 10.5749/minnesota/9780816681013.003.0001
- Subject:
- Philosophy, General
The Introduction has two sections. The first section presents a crisp and clear treatment of Deleuze’s ontology. Careful definition of terms and numerous concrete examples help the reader grasp the ...
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The Introduction has two sections. The first section presents a crisp and clear treatment of Deleuze’s ontology. Careful definition of terms and numerous concrete examples help the reader grasp the theoretical background of the book. The second section of the Introduction exemplifies the theoretical approach by means of a reading of the work of Francisco Varela in terms of “bodies politic."Less
The Introduction has two sections. The first section presents a crisp and clear treatment of Deleuze’s ontology. Careful definition of terms and numerous concrete examples help the reader grasp the theoretical background of the book. The second section of the Introduction exemplifies the theoretical approach by means of a reading of the work of Francisco Varela in terms of “bodies politic."
John Protevi
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- August 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780816681013
- eISBN:
- 9781452948713
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- DOI:
- 10.5749/minnesota/9780816681013.003.0005
- Subject:
- Philosophy, General
Chapter 3 returns to the ancient Eastern Mediterranean and brings together the geopolitical focus of the first with the neuro-physiological focus of the second for a fuller account of the multiple ...
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Chapter 3 returns to the ancient Eastern Mediterranean and brings together the geopolitical focus of the first with the neuro-physiological focus of the second for a fuller account of the multiple supra-subjective (geopolitical), adjunct-subjective (the technical), and the sub-subjective (neuro-physiological) dimensions of the warfare multiplicity.Less
Chapter 3 returns to the ancient Eastern Mediterranean and brings together the geopolitical focus of the first with the neuro-physiological focus of the second for a fuller account of the multiple supra-subjective (geopolitical), adjunct-subjective (the technical), and the sub-subjective (neuro-physiological) dimensions of the warfare multiplicity.
John Protevi
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- August 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780816681013
- eISBN:
- 9781452948713
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- DOI:
- 10.5749/minnesota/9780816681013.003.0006
- Subject:
- Philosophy, General
Chapter 4 develops a Deleuzean-motivated “dynamic interactionist” account of the notion of socially mediated neuroplasticity in Bruce Wexler’s fascinating study, Brain and Culture (2006). The thesis ...
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Chapter 4 develops a Deleuzean-motivated “dynamic interactionist” account of the notion of socially mediated neuroplasticity in Bruce Wexler’s fascinating study, Brain and Culture (2006). The thesis of the chapter is that human reality is to be found in individuation processes that integrate a social-neuro-somatic multiplicity on evolutionary, developmental, and behavioral temporal scales.Less
Chapter 4 develops a Deleuzean-motivated “dynamic interactionist” account of the notion of socially mediated neuroplasticity in Bruce Wexler’s fascinating study, Brain and Culture (2006). The thesis of the chapter is that human reality is to be found in individuation processes that integrate a social-neuro-somatic multiplicity on evolutionary, developmental, and behavioral temporal scales.
John Protevi
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- August 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780816681013
- eISBN:
- 9781452948713
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- DOI:
- 10.5749/minnesota/9780816681013.003.0011
- Subject:
- Philosophy, General
Chapter 9 examines the relation of Deleuze’s (bio)panpsychism and the “mind in life” position of Evan Thompson; the “enactive” biology of Varela, Thompson, Ezequiel Di Paolo, and Hans Jonas; and ...
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Chapter 9 examines the relation of Deleuze’s (bio)panpsychism and the “mind in life” position of Evan Thompson; the “enactive” biology of Varela, Thompson, Ezequiel Di Paolo, and Hans Jonas; and contemporary biological work on the E. coli bacterium.Less
Chapter 9 examines the relation of Deleuze’s (bio)panpsychism and the “mind in life” position of Evan Thompson; the “enactive” biology of Varela, Thompson, Ezequiel Di Paolo, and Hans Jonas; and contemporary biological work on the E. coli bacterium.
John Protevi
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- August 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780816681013
- eISBN:
- 9781452948713
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- DOI:
- 10.5749/minnesota/9780816681013.003.0004
- Subject:
- Philosophy, General
Chapter 2 focuses on the way modern military training enables the act of killing in combat in a way that can come back to haunt, psycho-physiologically, returning soldiers; the dimensions of the ...
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Chapter 2 focuses on the way modern military training enables the act of killing in combat in a way that can come back to haunt, psycho-physiologically, returning soldiers; the dimensions of the multiplicity here are distance, teamwork, command, and mechanical intermediaries as they intersect the psycho-neuro-physiological makeup of soldiers.Less
Chapter 2 focuses on the way modern military training enables the act of killing in combat in a way that can come back to haunt, psycho-physiologically, returning soldiers; the dimensions of the multiplicity here are distance, teamwork, command, and mechanical intermediaries as they intersect the psycho-neuro-physiological makeup of soldiers.
John Protevi
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- August 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780816681013
- eISBN:
- 9781452948713
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- DOI:
- 10.5749/minnesota/9780816681013.003.0010
- Subject:
- Philosophy, General
Chapter 8 prepare the ground for, and then plunges into, the relation of Deleuze’s (bio)panpsychism and the “mind in life” position of Evan Thompson (2007); the “enactive” biology of Varela, ...
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Chapter 8 prepare the ground for, and then plunges into, the relation of Deleuze’s (bio)panpsychism and the “mind in life” position of Evan Thompson (2007); the “enactive” biology of Varela, Thompson, Ezequiel Di Paolo, and Hans Jonas; and some contemporary biological work on the E. coli bacterium.Less
Chapter 8 prepare the ground for, and then plunges into, the relation of Deleuze’s (bio)panpsychism and the “mind in life” position of Evan Thompson (2007); the “enactive” biology of Varela, Thompson, Ezequiel Di Paolo, and Hans Jonas; and some contemporary biological work on the E. coli bacterium.
John Protevi
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- August 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780816681013
- eISBN:
- 9781452948713
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- DOI:
- 10.5749/minnesota/9780816681013.003.0003
- Subject:
- Philosophy, General
Chapter 1 looks at historical research on ancient political economy in the Aegean to sketch a geo-hydro-solar-bio-techno-political multiplicity linking solar, water, and wind energy to the warship ...
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Chapter 1 looks at historical research on ancient political economy in the Aegean to sketch a geo-hydro-solar-bio-techno-political multiplicity linking solar, water, and wind energy to the warship and merchant ship; the difference in the daily travel capacity of these ships leads the 5th century Athenians to empire.Less
Chapter 1 looks at historical research on ancient political economy in the Aegean to sketch a geo-hydro-solar-bio-techno-political multiplicity linking solar, water, and wind energy to the warship and merchant ship; the difference in the daily travel capacity of these ships leads the 5th century Athenians to empire.
John Protevi
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- August 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780816681013
- eISBN:
- 9781452948713
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- DOI:
- 10.5749/minnesota/9780816681013.003.0007
- Subject:
- Philosophy, General
Chapter 5 examines three situations – discipline and Rational Choice Theory; the Gabriel Giffords assassination attempt; and the affective dimensions of the Occupy movement – in which the effects of ...
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Chapter 5 examines three situations – discipline and Rational Choice Theory; the Gabriel Giffords assassination attempt; and the affective dimensions of the Occupy movement – in which the effects of consciousness are underpinned, attenuated, or rendered superfluous in the economy of political action.Less
Chapter 5 examines three situations – discipline and Rational Choice Theory; the Gabriel Giffords assassination attempt; and the affective dimensions of the Occupy movement – in which the effects of consciousness are underpinned, attenuated, or rendered superfluous in the economy of political action.
John Protevi
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- August 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780816681013
- eISBN:
- 9781452948713
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- DOI:
- 10.5749/minnesota/9780816681013.003.0012
- Subject:
- Philosophy, General
Chapter 10 is perhaps the most ambitious effort of the book; it relates two key concepts of Mary Jane West-Eberhard’s contemporary classic, Developmental Plasticity and Evolution (2003), “unexpressed ...
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Chapter 10 is perhaps the most ambitious effort of the book; it relates two key concepts of Mary Jane West-Eberhard’s contemporary classic, Developmental Plasticity and Evolution (2003), “unexpressed genetic variation” and “genetic accommodation,” to Deleuze’s notions of the virtual and counter-actualization.Less
Chapter 10 is perhaps the most ambitious effort of the book; it relates two key concepts of Mary Jane West-Eberhard’s contemporary classic, Developmental Plasticity and Evolution (2003), “unexpressed genetic variation” and “genetic accommodation,” to Deleuze’s notions of the virtual and counter-actualization.
