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| - | :''[[We're tired of trees]], [[Porphyrian tree]]'' | + | A '''burrow''' is a [[hole]] or [[tunnel]] dug into the ground by an [[animal]] to create a space suitable for habitation, temporary refuge, or as a byproduct of [[Animal locomotion|locomotion]]. Burrows provide a form of shelter against [[predation]] and exposure to the elements, so the burrowing way of life is quite popular among the animals. Burrows are also commonly preserved in the fossil record as a type of [[trace fossil]]. |
| - | '''Rhizome''' is a philosophical concept developed by [[Gilles Deleuze]] and [[Félix Guattari]] in their ''[[Capitalism and Schizophrenia]]'' (1972–1980) project. It is what Deleuze calls an "image of thought", based on the [[rhizome|botanical rhizome]], that apprehends [[Multiplicity (philosophy)|multiplicities]]. | + | |
| - | ==Origin of the concept== | + | |
| - | The concept of [[rhizome (philosophy)|rhizome]] was first put forward by Deleuze and Guattari in ''[[Kafka: Toward a Minor Literature]]'' (1975). In that book they asked "Comment entrer dans l'œuvre de Kafka?" (English: "How to enter into Kafka's work?") Their answer was "c'est un rhizome, un terrier" (English "It's a rhizome, a [[burrow]]." The next year, in extension of the Kafka book, they published the small text ''[[Rhizome. Introduction]]'' ([[Editions de Minuit]], 1976) [http://www.auction-in-europe.com/aie-datas/photos/ph65mG92.jpg], the contents of which were later revised into the introductory chapter of the main work ''[[A Thousand Plateaus]]''. | + | |
| - | ==Rhizome as a mode of knowledge and model for society== | + | ==See also== |
| - | [[Gilles Deleuze]] and [[Félix Guattari]] use the term "rhizome" and "rhizomatic" to describe theory and research that allows for multiple, non-hierarchical entry and exit points in data representation and interpretation. In ''[[A Thousand Plateaus]]'', they oppose it to an [[arborescent]] conception of knowledge, which works with [[dualism|dualist]] categories and binary choices. A rhizome works with planar and trans-species connections, while an arborescent model works with vertical and linear connections. Their use of the "orchid and the wasp" is taken from the biological concept of [[Mutualism (biology)|mutualism]], in which two different species interact together to form a [[multiplicity (philosophy)|multiplicity]] (i.e. a unity that is multiple in itself). [[Horizontal gene transfer]] would also be a good illustration. | + | * [[Maternity den]] |
| + | * [[Lair]] | ||
| - | As a model for culture, the rhizome resists the organizational structure of the root-tree system which charts causality along chronological lines and looks for the originary source of "things" and looks towards the pinnacle or conclusion of those "things." A rhizome, on the other hand, "ceaselessly established connections between semiotic chains, organizations of power, and circumstances relative to the arts, sciences, and social struggles." Rather than narrativize history and culture, the rhizome presents history and culture as a map or wide array of attractions and influences with no specific origin or genesis, for a "rhizome has no beginning or end; it is always in the middle, between things, interbeing, intermezzo." The planar movement of the rhizome resists chronology and organization, instead favoring a nomadic system of growth and propagation. In this model, culture spreads like the surface of a body of water, spreading towards available spaces or trickling downwards towards new spaces through fissures and gaps, eroding what is in its way. The surface can be interrupted and moved, but these disturbances leave no trace, as the water is charged with pressure and potential to always seek its equilibrium, and thereby establish smooth space. | ||
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| - | ==Principles of the rhizome== | ||
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| - | Deleuze and Guattari introduce [[A Thousand Plateaus]] by outlining the concept of the rhizome (quoted from A Thousand Plateaus): | ||
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| - | *1 and 2: Principles of connection and heterogeneity: any point of a rhizome can be connected to anything other, and must be | ||
| - | *3. Principle of multiplicity: only when the multiple is effectively treated as a substantive, "multiplicity" that it ceases to have any relation to the One | ||
| - | *4. Principle of asignifying rupture: a rhizome may be broken, but it will start up again on one of its old lines, or on new lines | ||
| - | *5 and 6: Principle of cartography and decalcomania: a rhizome is not amenable to any structural or generative model; it is a "map and not a tracing" | ||
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| - | ==In Carl Jung== | ||
| - | [[Carl Jung]] used the word "rhizome", also calling it a "[[myzel]]", to emphasize the [[invisible]] and [[underground]] nature of life: | ||
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| - | :''Life has always seemed to me like a plant that lives on its rhizome. Its true life is invisible, hidden in the rhizome. The part that appears above the ground lasts only a single summer. Then it withers away—an ephemeral apparition. When we think of the unending growth and decay of life and civilizations, we cannot escape the impression of absolute nullity. Yet I have never lost the sense of something that lives and endures beneath the eternal flux. What we see is blossom, which passes. The rhizome remains.'' (Prologue from "[[Memories, Dreams, Reflections]]") | ||
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| - | == See also == | ||
| - | * [[Contextualism]] | ||
| - | * [[Minority (philosophy)]] | ||
| - | * [[Multiplicity (philosophy)]] | ||
| - | * [[Mutualism (biology)|Mutualism]] | ||
| - | * [[Perspectivism]] | ||
| - | * [[Plane of immanence]] | ||
| - | ==Sources== | ||
| - | * [[Gilles Deleuze|Deleuze, Gilles]] and [[Félix Guattari]]. 1980. ''[[A Thousand Plateaus]]''. Trans. [[Brian Massumi]]. London and New York: Continuum, 2004. Vol. 2 of ''[[Capitalism and Schizophrenia]]''. 2 vols. 1972-1980. Trans. of ''Mille Plateaux''. Paris: Les Editions de Minuit. ISBN 0826476945. | ||
| - | * [[Félix Guattari|Guattari, Félix]]. 1995. ''Chaosophy''. Ed. Sylvère Lotringer. Semiotext(e) Foreign Agents Ser. New York: Semiotext(e). ISBN 1570270198. | ||
| - | * ---. 1996. ''Soft Subversions''. Ed. Sylvère Lotringer. Trans. David L. Sweet and Chet Wiener. Semiotext(e) Foreign Agents Ser. New York: Semiotext(e). ISBN 1570270309. | ||
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