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Book · 1987 · Philosophy

A Thousand Plateaus

Capitalism and Schizophrenia

by Gilles Deleuze · Brought up by 2 people on 2 podcasts

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In the second volume of capitalism and schizophrenia, a thousand plateaus by philosopher Jill Stoo and psychoanalyst Felix Guery, they discuss the ways in which fascism and totalitarianism differ.
Robert Evans · Behind the Bastards · Feb 2026 Listen at 18:43

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A Thousand Plateaus by Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari is a prominent philosophical work that explores complex concepts of capitalism, schizophrenia, and social structures. On Behind the Bastards, Robert Evans mentioned the second volume of the authors' work on capitalism and schizophrenia to explain the ways in which fascism and totalitarianism differ. Evans also introduced the book in another episode as a source cited in a researcher's study from the late 1990s about how fascists used the internet, reading and discussing a passage from it regarding the nature of fascism. In a different context, Jordan Hall mentioned reading Deleuze's book in the lobby of Google headquarters before a serious business meeting to illustrate his ongoing personal and intellectual curiosity. Across these appearances, the book serves as a reference point for complex theoretical frameworks, ranging from political philosophy and the mechanics of authoritarian movements to personal anecdotes about intellectual pursuits in unexpected settings.

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Robert Evans In the second volume of capitalism and schizophrenia, a thousand plateaus by philosopher Jill Stoo and psyc… 2
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“In the second volume of capitalism and schizophrenia, a thousand plateaus by philosopher Jill Stoo and psychoanalyst Felix Guery, they discuss the ways in which fascism and totalitarianism differ.”
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“I came across a study of how fascists were using the internet back in the late 90s and early 2000s to keep their movement alive. The study study was written up by a researcher named Les Black and in it he cites a book called a thousand plateaus capitalism and schizophrenia from 1986.”
Jordan Hall I'm in the office at the Google headquarters where I'm going to be meeting with Serge Brin ... and so in th… 1
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“I'm in the office at the Google headquarters where I'm going to be meeting with Serge Brin ... and so in the in the moment where I'm about to actually have a serious business meeting about my company being acquired by what at the time was by Def by steps the ascendant giant of the space my curiosity is still”