Acid Horizon Concepts in Focus: The Body without Organs (Part 1)
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May 6, 2020 This podcast explores Deleuze and Guattari's concept of the body without organs and its relation to desire, suffering, and capitalism. It discusses the nature of organization in organisms and the theory of flows and breaks as the basis of desire. It also explores the forces of repulsion, appropriation, and attraction in the body without organs, and how it relates to the socius and capital. Overall, this episode provides an insightful analysis of this intriguing philosophical concept.
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Body's Discomfort with Organization
- The body suffers from being organized, implying organisms feel uncomfortable with their fixed structures.
- It might desire a different organization or even no organization at all, showing a natural impulse towards change.
Flows and Desiring Machines
- All bodies, with or without organs, consist of flows moving between poles, which Deleuze and Guattari call desiring machines.
- These partial connections form the basis of their political ontology of desire and production.
Desire as Producer and Product
- Desire is typically seen as fulfilling lack but Deleuze and Guattari emphasize its productive side as producer and product.
- Desire itself produces a sense of lack through desiring production, challenging traditional views.