The Book as Assemblage
A book does not adhere to a traditional subject-object dichotomy; instead, it consists of various components that interact with different speeds and relations. It reflects lines of articulation, or organization, contrasted with lines of flight, which represent deterritorialization. Literature serves a functional role akin to a machine, connecting with other entities such as war machines and love machines. Writing, therefore, is not merely a process of conveying meaning but rather a way to survey and map connections.
8. The Plane of Consistency
The plane of consistency is introduced as the abstract machine responsible for generating and maintaining all processes. It is at this plane that forms, substances, and codes intersect, engaging in a continuous cycle of evolution. A distinction is made between abstract machines and concrete assemblages to clarify the mechanics of operations.
1. Overview of Regimes of Signs
A regime of signs refers to a specific formalization of expression, often linguistic, that forms a semiotic system. Analyzing these systems presents challenges as content and expression are inseparable; while formalization may appear autonomous, it is intrinsic to a complex assemblage. The diversity of expression forms complicates privileging any one regime, revealing that semiology is merely one among many regimes, suggesting a return to pragmatics.
Assemblages vs. Strata
Unlike strata, assemblages operate beyond solid structures and are marked by the extraction of territories from their environment, identifying territoriality as a foundation of assemblages. Assemblages yield unique relations between content and expression, fostering a dynamic semiotic system.
Deterritorialization and Lines of Flight
Deterritorialization refers to movement that relocates or transforms identity, often giving rise to reterritorializations, which are new affiliations or identities that emerge following this process. Lines of flight can be both positive, representing creative trajectories, or negative, denoting destructive forces that influence the overall context and evolution of assemblages.
Abstract Machines
Abstract machines are defined as entities that act within concrete assemblages and do not conform to traditional forms and substances. They operate through unformed matters and nonformal functions, representing dynamic relationships within systems. Abstract machines can open up assemblages to new types, facilitating transformations and creating becomings without clear boundaries.
1. Overview of Regimes of Signs
A regime of signs refers to a specific formalization of expression, often linguistic, that forms a semiotic system. Analyzing these systems presents challenges as content and expression are inseparable; while formalization may appear autonomous, it is intrinsic to a complex assemblage. The diversity of expression forms complicates privileging any one regime, revealing that semiology is merely one among many regimes, suggesting a return to pragmatics.
Collectives, Assemblages, and Language Function
Language operates within collective assemblages that shape and construct meanings through shared order-words. The cohesive mechanism inherent in collective assemblies defines and transforms the linguistic system, emphasizing language's primary role as an order-giving system that reflects an active engagement with both linguistic and physical realities. Each statement in language conveys presuppositions, suggesting broader social agreements and conditions that tie language to its social functions, acting as a synthesis of corporeal and incorporeal transformations.
7. The Role of Machinic Assemblages
Professor Challenger elucidates the existence of machinic assemblages that mediate relationships across strata. They facilitate the interactions between forms and substances, exemplifying both content and expression. These assemblages reinforce each other, and their interrelations shape the essence of existence.
Introduction to Rhizome
The concept of personal identity is decentralizing, as presented by multiple authors who create a multiplicity of perspectives within the text. The book is perceived not as an attributed work but as an assemblage of various influences and ideas.
