A result of the “Deleuze Circle,” a collaboration between philosophy, culture, and other scholars in the Low Countries since 2008, the 11 essays in this volume examine today's political, cultural, and economic reality through the work of philosopher Gilles Deleuze. They discuss the relational idea of the fold as applied to avant-garde fashion and subjectivity; the problems with viewing the subject as primarily grounded in thought or language; Deleuze's concept of grandeur in terms of health and illness and glory and shame; his concept of the healthy link between humans and the body and how Artaud's writings engage with the body's vitality; the quasi-theological role of art in the “revolutionary new,” through analysis of The Conversation of Paul by Pieter Bruegel; how art can reveal affect, using examples by Asger Carlsen and Patricia Piccinini; Deleuze's concept of occupation as the greatest power of art; how his logic of the figure provides the basis for artistic practice and creativity; the question of life in (post-)genomics, focusing on genomicist Craig Venter; and the philosophical analyses of Foucault, Deleuze, and Guattari as a framework for the urban strategy Rotterdam Skillcity. Annotation ©2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)