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‘The Jungle Book’ as a ethics of Deleuzian becoming

September 16, 2020September 16, 2020 rgfrazerLeave a comment

I left the theatre thinking: I reckon this is kind of what Deleuze and Guattari want us to do. Their calls to becoming direct us exactly to this kind of experimental engagement with our own subjectivities. Mowgli's journey is one of creative self-transformation, in which he overcomes ‘from-the-packet’ forms of subjectivity.

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My running body (without organs)

July 2, 2020July 3, 2020 rgfrazerLeave a comment

I’ve come to think that my running body is—when it is working well—a body without organs. I have to follow the steps Deleuze and Guattari describe. I first produce a surface on which it is possible to circulate the intensities I desire: the rhythmic jolting, the contracting and relaxing of muscles, the heat and sweat and stink pouring out of skin.

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The complete and universal guide to finishing a PhD

June 12, 2019September 21, 2020 rgfrazerLeave a comment

So I’ve recently submitted my PhD thesis for examination and, as is customary, it is now time for me to explain to you the best way to finish a thesis.

Posted in academia, writing

academic prose and my fear of other writing

August 9, 2018 rgfrazerLeave a comment

I used to do lots of different kinds of writing. But while over the last few years of doing a PhD my writing ability has certainly improved, I've felt increasingly less free to write. I've felt less free to play around with different modes of writing and expression. 

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