Author: Jäger, Christian

Source: Amsterdamer Beiträge zur neueren Germanistik, Krieg in den Medien. Herausgegeben von Heinz-Peter Preusser , pp. 423-460(38)

Publisher: Rodopi

Abstract:

Referring to the concept of war machines used by French philosophers Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari in their opus magnum, Mille Plateaux, this text attempts to explain the concept by showing different functions of its use. Unique is the first definition as a non-state apparatus, a thesis which is historically based on the first machines of war, which were formed by nomads. Other definitions outline the difference between tools and weapons as differences between strongly determined functions and free or multiple possibilities of usage. Those first machines of war were later perverted into state-owned machines of war with different functions aiming at total war. Astonishingly enough, Deleuze / Guattari hint at an intimate connection with capitalism and a new kind of global repression, allowing us to take a new look at the events of September 11^th, thereby demonstrating how useful this concept might be with respect to actual politics.

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Referring to the concept of war machines used by French philosophers Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari in their opus magnum, Mille Plateaux, this text attempts to explain the concept by showing different functions of its use. Unique is the first definition as a non-state apparatus, a thesis which is historically based on the first machines of war, which were formed by nomads. Other definitions outline the difference between tools and weapons as differences between strongly determined functions and free or multiple possibilities of usage. Those first machines of war were later perverted into state-owned machines of war with different functions aiming at total war. Astonishingly enough, Deleuze / Guattari hint at an intimate connection with capitalism and a new kind of global repression, allowing us to take a new look at the events of September 11^th, thereby demonstrating how useful this concept might be with respect to actual politics.

Document Type: Research article

Publication date: 2005-01-01

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