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Tracing the influence of Fernand Deligny on autism studies

Milton, Damian (2016) Tracing the influence of Fernand Deligny on autism studies. Disability and Society, 31 (2). pp. 285-289. ISSN 0968-7599. (doi:10.1080/09687599.2016.1161975) (KAR id:62628)

Abstract

In recent years, I have had a growing interest in the work of Deleuze and Guattari, the influence of Fernand Deligny’s work on their own, and the similarities and differences between their respective philosophies and those within my own writings as an autistic academic and activist. Recently a translation of Deligny’s writing became available. Deligny’s writing, even when translated, is not easy to decipher, and perhaps reflects his ‘rhizome-esque’ philosophy and practice. Yet according to Burk there were three main principals which characterised the work of Deligny: the network as a mode of being (called the ‘Arachnean’); the art of acting and doing from which his methodology of ‘mapping’ attempted to trace; and, lastly, the ‘primordial communism’ of a shared common site of living. In this article, these themes will be explored and contrasted with the theoretical writings of the autistic author Jim Sinclair and those of my own, as well as indicating how they influenced the concepts later devised by Deleuze and Guattari.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1080/09687599.2016.1161975
Uncontrolled keywords: Autism, rhizome, network, mode of being, tracing
Subjects: H Social Sciences
Divisions: Divisions > Division for the Study of Law, Society and Social Justice > School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research
Divisions > Division for the Study of Law, Society and Social Justice > School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research > Tizard
Depositing User: Damian Milton
Date Deposited: 13 Aug 2017 23:20 UTC
Last Modified: 09 Dec 2022 07:01 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/62628 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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