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I am a 4th-year social science PhD student at an American R-1 business school. I feel fairly comfortable reading relatively abstract sociology of the more philosophical bent. Reading abstract thinkers such as Anthony Giddens, Margaret Archer, Karen Barad, John Dewey, Charles Sanders Peirce, William James, early Roy Bhaskar, Francisco Varela, Humberto Maturana, Nicholas Rescher etc. feels quite natural to me.

However, recently I tried to read two books:

  • Guattari - Chaosmosis: An Ethico-Aesthetic Paradigm
  • DeLanda - Intensive Science & Virtual Philosophy (which supposedly is easier to understand than Deleuze himself)

Reading these books leaves me dumbstruck - I understand more or less nothing. Hence my question: what do I need to read/understand/do in order to understand philosophers such as Guattari, DeLanda & Deleuze?

I am a 4th-year social science PhD student at an American R-1 business school. I feel fairly comfortable reading relatively abstract sociology of the more philosophical bent. Reading abstract thinkers such as Anthony Giddens, Margaret Archer, Karen Barad, John Dewey, Charles Sanders Peirce, William James, early Roy Bhaskar, Francisco Varela, Humberto Maturana, Nicholas Rescher etc.

However, recently I tried to read two books:

  • Guattari - Chaosmosis: An Ethico-Aesthetic Paradigm
  • DeLanda - Intensive Science & Virtual Philosophy (which supposedly is easier to understand than Deleuze himself)

Reading these books leaves me dumbstruck - I understand more or less nothing. Hence my question: what do I need to read/understand/do in order to understand philosophers such as Guattari, DeLanda & Deleuze?

I am a 4th-year social science PhD student at an American R-1 business school. I feel fairly comfortable reading relatively abstract sociology of the more philosophical bent. Reading abstract thinkers such as Anthony Giddens, Margaret Archer, Karen Barad, John Dewey, Charles Sanders Peirce, William James, early Roy Bhaskar, Francisco Varela, Humberto Maturana, Nicholas Rescher etc. feels quite natural to me.

However, recently I tried to read two books:

  • Guattari - Chaosmosis: An Ethico-Aesthetic Paradigm
  • DeLanda - Intensive Science & Virtual Philosophy (which supposedly is easier to understand than Deleuze himself)

Reading these books leaves me dumbstruck - I understand more or less nothing. Hence my question: what do I need to read/understand/do in order to understand philosophers such as Guattari, DeLanda & Deleuze?

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How to learn to read Guattari & Deleuze?

I am a 4th-year social science PhD student at an American R-1 business school. I feel fairly comfortable reading relatively abstract sociology of the more philosophical bent. Reading abstract thinkers such as Anthony Giddens, Margaret Archer, Karen Barad, John Dewey, Charles Sanders Peirce, William James, early Roy Bhaskar, Francisco Varela, Humberto Maturana, Nicholas Rescher etc.

However, recently I tried to read two books:

  • Guattari - Chaosmosis: An Ethico-Aesthetic Paradigm
  • DeLanda - Intensive Science & Virtual Philosophy (which supposedly is easier to understand than Deleuze himself)

Reading these books leaves me dumbstruck - I understand more or less nothing. Hence my question: what do I need to read/understand/do in order to understand philosophers such as Guattari, DeLanda & Deleuze?