Fold and Poetry: Genealogy Archaeology and Literary Practice from Plato to Deleuze

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10.2991/978-2-38476-577-5_24How to use a DOI?

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Fold; Poetry; Genealogy Archaeology; literary practice; Plato; Foucault; Deleuze

Abstract

From Plato to Deleuze, the cognition of language is based on initial division and connection. For the bidirectional case of cross lingual communication, “difference” is a common problem. According to Deleuze’s viewpoint, thought itself creates “differences”, and literature also generates in “differences”. The ideas of “discourse machines”, “stuttering”, and other concepts in Deleuze’s language folding theory exhibit strong theoretical tension. In the extension of Leibniz and Spinoza’s related lineages, folds are regard as a pivot with inclusive splitting dimensions, that is, a differentiator of differences. Deleuze’s theory of Foucault regards “folds” as the hub of historical openness. It is also in line with the possible world of the “other”. In this process, “unfolding folds” means the dissolution of the conventional connection between words and objects, the simple expression of ideas, and the re folding, which corresponds to the transmission and installation of different language cultures and opened up a broader linguistic space for poetic writing. The digital Sirens of lineage linkage and cross-cultural style otherness provide examples for further textual practice and individual reflection beyond previous research.

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