wake me up when he finish

nietzsche correctly predicted the end of any 'aristocratic' value a human might carry.

Incidentally, does anyone ever get the impression that aesthetic theories derived from Deleuze's work are to actual art what attempts (such as those of Timothy Leary) to ground psychological theories in the experience of chemical induced delirium are to actual psychology?

And if such is even remotely the case wouldn't it follow that establishing some sort of quality control would be impossible due to the impenetrably narcissistic (i.e. shut-off) character of the psychologist/aesthetician?

it seems to me that there's much more to be gained by simply reading the chapter from A Thousand Plateau's which he discuses then listening to someone lecture on it...
"better a fool on your own account
than a sage on another's approbation"

the fact that this guy argues for people being more like animals basically speaks for itself.

american yaqui indian philosophy
paraphrased. carlos castaneda as
continental; poisoned in a river
of come-lately discourse.

What Delanda is getting at here is Deleuze's transcendental realism, which for philosophers of most guises has to be seen as (at least) a bold and novel move. Unfortunately, we're going to get the whole history of his thinking before we get to a discernable philosophical point.

The way that much of continental philosophy is communicated does it no favours at all.

Deleuze was influenced by the artistic side of humans.