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December 6, 2005
The Nietzschean side of Deleuze is te philosopher of desire, flux, and multiplicity. Deleuze is the Dionysian thinker of becoming--- the flux of existence which has no transcendental level or inherent seperation.
Deleuze posits a primary flux from which all events and identities emerge. Deleuze focuses on relations as the process of differentiation that establishes identities. The result is an ontology of contingent, ever-shifting identities, which is the result of emergent and on-going assemblages and creations, rather than pre-given, essential ideas.
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Hi Gary,
The problem with the Heraclitean ontology is that it cannot account for the relatively enduring. That is it cannot account for continuities.
More interestingly perhaps the model of contingent, ever-shifting identities trivialises ruptures by making them part of the endless flux rather than decisive breaks.
regards
Gary