Swarming: Number versus Animal? | Deleuze and New Technology | Edinburgh Scholarship Online | Oxford Academic

This chapter examines new forms of protest and organisation enabled by new technologies, particularly the use of the idea of swarming as a form of multiplicity in relation to this, presents a set of case studies that deal with the phenomenon of swarms, and discusses Gilles Deleuze's philosophy of biology. It explores how a different politics can be conceptualised based on the idea of swarming and suggests that swarms are a foe that is stripped of its ‘faciality’. Access to content on Oxford Academic is often provided through institutional subscriptions and purchases. If you are a member of an institution with an active account, you may be able to access content in one of the following ways: Typically, access is provided across an institutional network to a range of IP addresses. This authentication occurs automatically, and it is not possible to sign out of an IP authenticated account. Choose this option to get remote access when outside your inst

This chapter examines new forms of protest and organisation enabled by new technologies, particularly the use of the idea of swarming as a form of multiplicity in relation to this, presents a set of case studies that deal with the phenomenon of swarms, and discusses Gilles Deleuze's philosophy of biology. It explores how a different politics can be conceptualised based on the idea of swarming and suggests that swarms are a foe that is stripped of its ‘faciality’. Access to content on Oxford Academic is often provided through institutional subscriptions and purchases. If you are a member of an