Deleuze, Critical and Clinical: A Review by Charles Stivale

Actions and Abstractions: Deleuzian Lines of Flight · Aug 3, 2026 · 39m

This Deep Dive examines a review by Charles J. Stivale which examines Gilles Deleuze’s collection Essays Critical and Clinical alongside a collaborative volume edited by Eleanor Kaufman and Kevin Jon Heller. Stivale highlights how Deleuze connects literary style to a "clinical" vitality, where authors create a foreign language within their own to explore new modes of existence. The text also addresses the academic reception of these ideas, specifically responding to Elie During’s critique of contemporary "Deleuzism" and its various regional interpretations. Stivale defends the practical…