A Thousand Plateaus and Philosophy

This volume brings together a team of international specialists on Deleuze and Guattari to provide in-depth critical studies of each plateau of their major work, A Thousand Plateaus. It combines an overview of the text with deep scholarship and brings a renewed focus on the philosophical significance of their project.

A Thousand Plateaus represents a whole new way of doing philosophy. This collection supports the critical reception of Deleuze and Guattari’s text as one of the most important and influential works of modern theory.

• Emphasises the philosophical nature of A Thousand Plateaus
• Provides detailed coverage of the text as a whole
• Brings together cutting edge research from some of the leading lights in scholarship on Deleuze and Guattari
• An ideal companion to a plateau-by-plateau reading of Deleuze and Guattari’s work

Miguel de Beistegui, University of Warwick, UK

Jeffrey A. Bell, Southeastern Louisiana University, USA

Ronald Bogue, University of Georgia, USA

Ray Brassier, American University of Beirut, Lebanon

Eugene W. Holland, Ohio State University, USA

Emma Ingala, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Italy

Simon O’Sullivan, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK

Helen Palmer, Kingston University London, UK

Paul Patton, University of New South Wales, Australia

John Protevi, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USA

Daniel W. Smith, Purdue University, USA

Henry Somers-Hall, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK

Audrey Wasser, Miami University, USA

Nathan Widder, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK

James Williams, Deakin University, Australia