Deleuze: Creator Transmission

Introduction

The philosophy of Gilles Deleuze does not develop a philosophy of education systematically nor a philosophy of culture that focuses specifically on the problems inherent to education institutions. However, there are numerous concepts available as theoretical instruments in order to analyze issues of education, generally, and education institutions in particular, as a function of the contemporary culture which Deleuze referred to as “society of control.” This work presents four ideas surrounding education, that is, four notions of Deleuzian pedagogy: (i) the pedagogy of the concept; (ii) “minor” pedagogy; (iii) rhizomatic pedagogy; and (iv) pedagogy of the processes of subjectivation. These four concepts are closely related to his philosophy of vitalism.

Development

Life and philosophy.Deleuze’s philosophical perspective is generally integrated by its kind of ruptures and its breaking away from the roots: the dialectics and external (transcendent) unity of the real; his...