Pointillism

From Geography

Pointillism in philosophy in a way reassembles the art form whereby a picture is formed by individual dots. In philosophy Doel refers to pointillism as a method to define the world according to fixed laws and theories within closely defined ‘borders’ better known as a theory. These theories (or points according to pointillism) are then all linked together as in a network (or picture) by means of their commonalities, oppositions, additions, exclusions etc.. It resembles structuralism and the ontology of being in many ways.

Post-structuralism in a way is concerned with unraveling these connections and points. Gilles Deleuze, Felix Guattari, Jacques Derrida and Jean-François Lyotard have done much to unravel pointillism (Doel, 2000, P. 120).

References

Doel, M. (2000). Un-glunking geography: spatial science after Dr. Seuss and Gilles Deleuze. In: Crang, M. & Thrift, N. (eds.) Thinking space. Routledge, London.

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Published by Robbert Wilmink --RobbertWilmink 08:55, 1 October 2011 (UTC)