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A rhizome is a concept in post-structuralism describing an assemblage that allows connections between any of its constituent elements, regardless of any predefined ordering, structure, or entry point.[1][2][3] It is a central concept in the work of French Theorists Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari, who use the term frequently in their development of schizoanalysis. Deleuze and Guattari use the terms "rhizome" and "rhizomatic" (from Ancient Greek ῥίζωμα, rhízōma, "mass of roots") to describe a network that "connects any point to any other point".[3] The term is first introduced in Deleuze and Guattari's 1975 book Kafka: Toward a Minor Literature to suggest that Kafka's work is not bound by linear narrative structure, and can be entered into at any point to map out connections with other points.[1][4] The term is heavily expanded upon in Deleuze and Guattari's 1980 work A Thousand Plateaus, where it is used to refer to networks that establish "connections between semiotic chains, organi

Rhizome (philosophy) - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Philosophical model of the connections present in an assemblage This article is about a philosophical term. For its use in botany, see Rhizome . A rhizome is a concept in post-structuralism describing an assemblage that allows connections between any of its constituent elements, regardless of any predefined ordering, structure, or entry point. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is a central concept in the work of French theorists Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari , who use the term frequently in their development of schiz

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