Body without organs

From Geography

The term Body without organs was introduced in the Logic of Sense, by Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari. The term is borrowed from Antonin Artaud's radio play "To Have Done with the Judgment of God".

For Deleuze and Guattari, every "actual" body has a set of traits, habits, movements, affects, etc. But every "actual" body also has a "virtual" dimension, a vast reservoir of potential traits, connections, affects, movements, etc.. This collection of potentials is what Deleuze calls the BwO.

The Body without Organs (BwO) can be described as a state after or before existence.

References

Body without Organs (2011). Vinddatum 17 December 2011, op wikipedia, op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_without_organs

Published by --CasparEngelen 16:00, 17 December 2011 (CET) & Natasja van Lieshout