Deleuzian devenirs

Abstract

Deleuze’s philosophy may be described as a philosophy of multiplicity and of difference which questions Western thought as a whole. Among its main themes, which acknowledges Nietzsches’ influence, we find desubstantialization of identity in general, and of the subject in particular. One of the reasons for it is to free the subject from its language structures and from univocity in order to scape all reification, all fixed identity, and be ready to undertake the adventure or being in terms of multiplicity and becoming (devenir). Deleuze stresses the critical function of philosophy by creating and resignifying concepts. Finally, Deleuze shows a new way of thinking that goes beyond the Stratified and codifying categories of metaphysics which have conformed our perception of the world turning free thought into doctrine.