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The ideas of Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari have been regrettably underutilized in sociology. ... more The ideas of Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari have been regrettably underutilized in sociology. No doubt their carnivalesque style can be bewildering, especially for those seeking procedural principles or methods. From their cornucopia of concepts, this paper demarcates what I consider to be key elements of their ontology of becoming – molar lines, molecular lines and lines of flight. My contribution here is twofold: an exegesis of these concepts and how they are deployed to map the social field, and an evaluation of the freedoms and dangers associated with each. Deleuze and Guattari's insights are nuanced and rich in contemporary relevance, providing purchase on many of the problems and possibilities marking our present moment of late capitalism. Through reference to concrete examples, I offer some preliminary suggestions of how their triad of lines offers a novel articulation of transformation, with provocative implications for socio-political thought.
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The ideas of Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari have been regrettably underutilized in sociology. ... more The ideas of Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari have been regrettably underutilized in sociology. No doubt their carnivalesque style can be bewildering, especially for those seeking procedural principles or methods. From their cornucopia of concepts, this paper demarcates what I consider to be key elements of their ontology of becoming – molar lines, molecular lines and lines of flight. My contribution here is twofold: an exegesis of these concepts and how they are deployed to map the social field, and an evaluation of the freedoms and dangers associated with each. Deleuze and Guattari's insights are nuanced and rich in contemporary relevance, providing purchase on many of the problems and possibilities marking our present moment of late capitalism. Through reference to concrete examples, I offer some preliminary suggestions of how their triad of lines offers a novel articulation of transformation, with provocative implications for socio-political thought.