Arborescent

Arborescent

Arborescent is a term used by the French thinkers Deleuze and Guattari to characterize thinking marked by insistence on totalizing principles, binarism and dualism. The term, first used in "A Thousand Plateaus" (1980) where it was opposed to the rhizome, comes from the way genealogy trees are drawn: unidirectional progress, with no possible retroactivity and continuous binary cuts (thus enforcing a dualist metaphysical conception, criticized by Deleuze). Rhizomes, on the contrary, mark an horizontal and non-hierarchical conception, where anything may be linked to anything else, with no respect whatsoever for specific species: rhizomes are heterogeneous links between things that have nothing to do between themselves (for example, Deleuze and Guattari linked together desire and machines to create the - most surprising - concept of desiring machines). Horizontal gene transfer is also an example of rhizomes, opposed to the arborescent evolutionism theory. Deleuze also criticizes the Chomsky hierarchy of formal languages, which he considers a perfect example of arborescent dualistic theory.

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* Deleuze, Gilles and Félix Guattari. 1980. "A Thousand Plateaus". Trans. Brian Massumi. London and New York: Continuum, 2004. Vol. 2 of "Capitalism and Schizophrenia". 2 vols. 1972-1980. Trans. of "Mille Plateaux". Paris: Les Editions de Minuit. ISBN 0826476945.


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  • arborescent — arborescent, ente [ arbɔresɑ̃, ɑ̃t ] adj. • 1553; lat. arborescens, de arbor « arbre » 1 ♦ Bot. Qui prend la forme ramifiée, le port d un arbre. Fougères arborescentes. Le bananier est une herbe arborescente. 2 ♦ Par anal. Dont la forme rappelle… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • arborescent — ARBORESCÉNT, Ă, arborescenţi, te, adj. Care are înfăţişarea unui arbore (1); care este ramificat asemenea crengilor unui arbore. – Din fr. arborescent, lat. arborescens, ntis. Trimis de ana zecheru, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DEX 98  ARBORESCÉNT adj. v …   Dicționar Român

  • Arborescent — Ar bo*res cent, a. [L. arborescens, p. pr. of arborescere to become a tree, fr. arbor tree.] Resembling a tree; becoming woody in stalk; dendritic; having crystallizations disposed like the branches and twigs of a tree. Arborescent hollyhocks.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • arborescent — arborescent, ente (ar bo rè ssan, ssant ) adj. Terme de botanique. Se dit des plantes herbacées dont les tiges ou rameaux prennent la consistance de ceux des arbres.    Se dit d une plante à tige ligneuse dont la hauteur approche de celle d un… …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • arborescent — [är΄bə res′ənt] adj. [L arborescens, prp. of arborescere, to become a tree < arbor, tree: see ARBOR2] treelike in shape or growth; branching arborescence n …   English World dictionary

  • Arborescent — Sur les autres projets Wikimedia : « Arborescent », sur le Wiktionnaire (dictionnaire universel) Arborescent signifie en forme d arbre. Toutefois une plante arborescente n est pas nécessairement un arbre, car elle peut être… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • arborescent — arborescence, n. arborescently, adv. /ahr beuh res euhnt/, adj. treelike in size and form. [1665 75; < L arborescent (s. of arborescens), prp. of arborescere to grow into a tree. See ARBOR3, ESCENT] * * * …   Universalium

  • arborescent — [ˌα:bə rɛs(ə)nt] adjective Botany tree like. Derivatives arborescence noun Origin C17: from L. arborescent , arborescere grow into a tree , from arbor tree …   English new terms dictionary

  • arborescent — ar•bo•res•cent [[t]ˌɑr bəˈrɛs ənt[/t]] adj. resembling a tree in size, appearance, or growth • Etymology: 1665–75; < L arborēscent , s. of arborēscēns, prp. of arborēscere to grow into a tree, der. ofarbortree; see escent ar bo•res′cence, n.… …   From formal English to slang

  • ARBORESCENT, ENTE — adj. Qui prend l’apparence, la consistance ou la hauteur des arbres. Buis arborescent. Fougères arborescentes …   Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

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