Smooth and striated space is very analogous to buddhist thinking in terms of releasing negative thought patterns (they are grooves in the mind that can be gradually softened)
Perhaps the Body Without Organs represents an assemblage which operates without internal distinction, either because its internal machines have not yet become defined, or because they have achieved a perfectly fluid state of interaction, functioning so efficiently that their separation is not evident. Like how a healthy person is not aware of their organs at all, as if their organs are all one, interoperating so smoothly that any perception of their individuation is not possible. A system consisting of perfected relations of internality.
Using the virtual/actual concept to re-interpret Confucianism, is Confucianism (particularly the relational identity terms) overall an attempt to actualize the virtue realm of kinship (blood relationship), with the purpose of reducing the intensity of the unknown complexities into a kind of actual ordering, therefore trade creativity with stablization (harmony)? So the eternal return expressed through the WAY, the Taoism is co-existing alongside with Confucianism to maintain the broad and pure virtual realm into a balance?
Can someone tell me what is the relation between levi-strauss and deleuze? Strauss seems to admire psychoanalysis for tribes follows some psychoanalytic symbols in their myths. Or forget about it think of the example of bororo tribe and king's hat (i don't know the meaning of it. I am not native but somehow you guys can figure out by what i am talking about as 'hat' hehehe) strauss gave this example just to show of desire of immortality. Bororo tribe has an symbolication of immortalty as more hard materials you wear to your body more immortal you are and strauss equalivates it with king's wearing's purpose. Please someone can give me an answer :))
'they want the book to be read as a rhizome, but obviously it can't be printed that way'. Perhaps this is why there are no Deleuzian psychotherapists. Ironically enough, Deleuze sounds much more interesting in the hands of the most famous 'card carrying Lacanian' Slavoj Zizek, perhaps it takes an opponent to use our concepts before they become 'productive'.
