<p>Gilles Deleuze was one of the most influential French philosophers of thelast century.This book aims to make sense of his fundamental project in theclearest possible terms, by engaging with the central idea that informsvirtually all of his work: the equation of being and creativity. It exploresthe various ways in which, in order to affirm an unlimited creative power,Deleuze proceeds to dissolve whatever might restrict or mediate its expression,including the organisms, objects, representations, identities, and relationsthat this power generates along the way.</p><p>Rather than a theorist of material complexity or relational difference, <em>Outof this World</em> argues that Deleuze is better read as a spiritual andextra-worldly philosopher.</p><p>His philosophy leaves little room for processes of social or historicaltransformation, and still less for political relations of conflict orsolidarity.</p><p>Michel Foucault famously suggested that the 20th century would be known as'Deleuzian'; this sympathetic but uncompromising new critique suggests that ourDeleuzian century may soon be coming to a close.</p>