Desert Earth
Geophilosophy and the Anthropocene
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19536282 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Aidan Tynan (0000-0003-0548-2013, Cardiff University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 479-495 |
| Publication date | 2016-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Deleuze Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1750-2241 • E-ISSN: 1755-1684 |
| Publisher | Edinburgh University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.3366/dls.2016.0240 |
| OpenAlex | W2540647733 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 13 |
The figure of the desert features extensively throughout the two volumes of Capitalism and Schizophrenia and is a recurring motif in Deleuze's sole-authored works. While recent book-length studies place geophilosophy at the forefront of Deleuze and Guattari's thought ( Flaxman 2012 ; Woodard 2013 ; Gasché 2014 ), the theme of the desert is mentioned in these studies only in passing, if at all. Understanding the role of the desert in the evolution of Deleuze and Guattari's collaborative enterprise is, however, important for a number of reasons: firstly, it allows us to track the relationship between schizoanalysis and the wider project of geophilosophy and why the one necessary implies the other. Secondly, it helps us to position Deleuze and Guattari's work relative to other key figures such as Nietzsche and Heidegger who employ images of deserts and wastelands in their critique of modernity. Thirdly, and most importantly, it gives us a framework for theorising the Anthropocene – and the forms of capitalist spatiality that dominate it – as an epoch of both physical and metaphysical desertification in which the relationship between life and its material ground becomes ever more uncertain. The article concludes by relating Deleuze's remarks on desert islands to our contemporary environmental condition
Aesthetics · Anthropocene · Capitalism · Deleuze and Guattari · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Metaphysics · Modernity · Political science · Sociology · Ecocriticism and Environmental Literature · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Historical Geography and Geographical Thought · History · Law · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,67 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |