body without organs
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The "body without organs" is a key Deleuzian-Guattarian philosophical concept describing a non-organized, intensive field of potential that resists hierarchical structuring and fixed identities.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| body without organs canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2538464 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: body without organs Context triple: [Gilles Deleuze, notableIdea, body without organs]
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A.
The Human Body
The Human Body is a popular science book by Isaac Asimov that explains human anatomy and physiology in clear, accessible language for general readers.
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B.
Body Issue
The Body Issue is an annual ESPN The Magazine feature that showcases nude and semi-nude photographs of athletes to celebrate the diversity, strength, and aesthetics of the athletic body.
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C.
Body Double
Body Double is a 1984 neo-noir erotic thriller film directed by Brian De Palma, known for its Hitchcockian suspense, voyeurism themes, and stylized violence.
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D.
Medúlla
Medúlla is an experimental 2004 studio album by Icelandic artist Björk that is largely constructed from vocal sounds and a cappella arrangements.
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E.
The Organism
"The Organism" is a seminal 1939 work by neurologist Kurt Goldstein that presents a holistic theory of human biology and psychology, emphasizing the organism as an integrated, self-organizing whole.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: body without organs Target entity description: The "body without organs" is a key Deleuzian-Guattarian philosophical concept describing a non-organized, intensive field of potential that resists hierarchical structuring and fixed identities.
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A.
The Human Body
The Human Body is a popular science book by Isaac Asimov that explains human anatomy and physiology in clear, accessible language for general readers.
-
B.
Body Issue
The Body Issue is an annual ESPN The Magazine feature that showcases nude and semi-nude photographs of athletes to celebrate the diversity, strength, and aesthetics of the athletic body.
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C.
Body Double
Body Double is a 1984 neo-noir erotic thriller film directed by Brian De Palma, known for its Hitchcockian suspense, voyeurism themes, and stylized violence.
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D.
Medúlla
Medúlla is an experimental 2004 studio album by Icelandic artist Björk that is largely constructed from vocal sounds and a cappella arrangements.
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E.
The Organism
"The Organism" is a seminal 1939 work by neurologist Kurt Goldstein that presents a holistic theory of human biology and psychology, emphasizing the organism as an integrated, self-organizing whole.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Deleuzian-Guattarian concept
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philosophical concept ⓘ |
| clarifiedIn |
A Thousand Plateaus
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surface form:
A Thousand Plateaus, "How Do You Make Yourself a Body without Organs?"
|
| describedIn |
A Thousand Plateaus
ⓘ
Anti-Oedipus ⓘ |
| firstFormulatedIn | 1972 ⓘ |
| firstFormulatedInWork | Anti-Oedipus ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
anti-organismic
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field of potential ⓘ impersonal ⓘ intensive field ⓘ non-organized ⓘ non-stratified ⓘ plane of consistency ⓘ pre-personal ⓘ resists fixed identities ⓘ resists hierarchical structuring ⓘ |
| hasCreator |
Félix Guattari
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Gilles Deleuze ⓘ |
| hasInterpretation |
field of virtual intensities
ⓘ
limit of stratified subjectivity ⓘ process of de-organizing the organism ⓘ |
| hasMode |
cancerous BwO
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empty BwO ⓘ full BwO ⓘ |
| influenced |
contemporary political theory
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critical theory ⓘ performance studies ⓘ post-structuralist theory ⓘ queer theory ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Antonin Artaud ⓘ |
| misinterpretedAs | literal destruction of the body ⓘ |
| opposedTo |
organism
ⓘ
Oedipus complex ⓘ
surface form:
psychoanalytic Oedipus
signifying subject ⓘ |
| partOf |
Deleuzian metaphysics
ⓘ
Continental philosophy ⓘ
surface form:
Deleuzian ontology
schizoanalysis ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
assemblage
ⓘ
desiring-production ⓘ intensity ⓘ multiplicity ⓘ plane of immanence ⓘ rhizome ⓘ |
| usedAs |
conceptual operator in aesthetics
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conceptual operator in political philosophy ⓘ tool of schizoanalytic practice ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: body without organs Description of subject: The "body without organs" is a key Deleuzian-Guattarian philosophical concept describing a non-organized, intensive field of potential that resists hierarchical structuring and fixed identities.
Referenced by (1)
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