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Places Deleuze's cinematic philosophy in dialogue with contemporary digital media and the concept of information Offers the first book-length study dedicated to the relationship between information and aesthetics in Deleuze's thought Argues for the continuing utility of Deleuze's thought in theorising contemporary digital mediaExplores the concept of "noise" as it relates to both Deleuze's thought and information theoryDraws out and clarifies the often-overlooked concept of the "outside" in Deleuze's philosophyTimothy Deane-Freeman traces Deleuze's remarks about the digital to reveal both their origins and implications. In so doing, we encounter a position which is fundamentally ambiguous. On the one hand, digital techniques are intimately related to what Deleuze calls 'societies of control', which deploy them in order to close down potential spaces of creativity and resistance. On the other, digital images take up the mantle of cinema, displacing habitual forms of cognition and forcing us to think in new ways. Deane-Freeman traces these dual impulses through the images of cinema, television and social media, as well as explicating key Deleuzian concepts, including virtuality, immanence and the outside

The problem this thesis intends to address is that of a certain disconnect between the cinematic philosophy of Gilles Deleuze and the condition of the contemporary moving-image, which, in the years since Deleuze wrote on film, has been radically altered by its transformation into digital format(s). It is my central contention that a productive relationship between this philosophy and contemporary screen cultures is indeed possible, and potentially of great value, provided we can reread and extend certain key Deleuzian concepts.Pursuant to this goal, drawing on a concept deployed throughout Deleuze's Cinema II: The Time-Image (1985), I argue that digital images can engender certain unique relations with an "outside" –an unarticulated presence beyond the frame, which serves to unground and problematise thought. The "outside" –developed from the literary philosophy of Maurice Blanchot– constitutes a genetic condition of thought, which sees the thinker confronted with that which is fundamentally un-thought, an unrecognisable terrain to which she must respond with creative, novel solutions. This model of thought, I argue, impels us away from habitudes and orthodoxies, forcing us to become radically open to contingency and change –a movement commensurate with what I will claim is the fundamental political orientation of Deleuze's philosophy. ; Le problème que cette thèse se propose d'aborder est celui d'un décalage entre la philosophie du cinéma de Gilles Deleuze et la condition de l'image cinématographique contemporaine, qui, depuis l'analyse de Deleuze, a été radicalement modifiée par le numérique. Mon argument principal est qu'une relation productive entre cette philosophie et les cultures contemporaines de l'écran est en effet possible et potentiellement très utile, à condition que nous puissions relire et étendre certains concepts-clés de la pensée deleuzienne. Dans ce contexte, à partir d'un concept utilisé dans Cinéma II : l'image-temps (1985), je soutiens que les images numériques peuvent engendrer des ...

The problem this thesis intends to address is that of a certain disconnect between the cinematic philosophy of Gilles Deleuze and the condition of the contemporary moving-image, which, in the years since Deleuze wrote on film, has been radically altered by its transformation into digital format(s). It is my central contention that a productive relationship between this philosophy and contemporary screen cultures is indeed possible, and potentially of great value, provided we can reread and extend certain key Deleuzian concepts.Pursuant to this goal, drawing on a concept deployed throughout Deleuze's Cinema II: The Time-Image (1985), I argue that digital images can engender certain unique relations with an "outside" –an unarticulated presence beyond the frame, which serves to unground and problematise thought. The "outside" –developed from the literary philosophy of Maurice Blanchot– constitutes a genetic condition of thought, which sees the thinker confronted with that which is fundamentally un-thought, an unrecognisable terrain to which she must respond with creative, novel solutions. This model of thought, I argue, impels us away from habitudes and orthodoxies, forcing us to become radically open to contingency and change –a movement commensurate with what I will claim is the fundamental political orientation of Deleuze's philosophy. ; Le problème que cette thèse se propose d'aborder est celui d'un décalage entre la philosophie du cinéma de Gilles Deleuze et la condition de l'image cinématographique contemporaine, qui, depuis l'analyse de Deleuze, a été radicalement modifiée par le numérique. Mon argument principal est qu'une relation productive entre cette philosophie et les cultures contemporaines de l'écran est en effet possible et potentiellement très utile, à condition que nous puissions relire et étendre certains concepts-clés de la pensée deleuzienne. Dans ce contexte, à partir d'un concept utilisé dans Cinéma II : l'image-temps (1985), je soutiens que les images numériques peuvent engendrer des relations uniques avec un « dehors » - une présence non articulée au-delà du cadre, qui sert à fonder et à problématiser la pensée. Le « dehors » - développé à partir de la philosophie littéraire de Maurice Blanchot - constitue une condition génétique de la pensée, selon laquelle le penseur est confronté à ce qui est fondamentalement impensé, un terrain inconnu auquel la pensée doit répondre par des solutions novatrices et créatives. Je soutiens que ce modèle de pensée nous éloigne des habitudes et des orthodoxies, nous obligeant à nous ouvrir radicalement à la contingence et au changement - un mouvement à la mesure, de ce que je qualifierais, d'orientation politique fondamentale de la philosophie de Deleuze.

The problem this thesis intends to address is that of a certain disconnect between the cinematic philosophy of Gilles Deleuze and the condition of the contemporary moving-image, which, in the years since Deleuze wrote on film, has been radically altered by its transformation into digital format(s). It is my central contention that a productive relationship between this philosophy and contemporary screen cultures is indeed possible, and potentially of great value, provided we can reread and extend certain key Deleuzian concepts.Pursuant to this goal, drawing on a concept deployed throughout Deleuze's Cinema II: The Time-Image (1985), I argue that digital images can engender certain unique relations with an "outside" –an unarticulated presence beyond the frame, which serves to unground and problematise thought. The "outside" –developed from the literary philosophy of Maurice Blanchot– constitutes a genetic condition of thought, which sees the thinker confronted with that which is fundamentally un-thought, an unrecognisable terrain to which she must respond with creative, novel solutions. This model of thought, I argue, impels us away from habitudes and orthodoxies, forcing us to become radically open to contingency and change –a movement commensurate with what I will claim is the fundamental political orientation of Deleuze's philosophy. ; Le problème que cette thèse se propose d'aborder est celui d'un décalage entre la philosophie du cinéma de Gilles Deleuze et la condition de l'image cinématographique contemporaine, qui, depuis l'analyse de Deleuze, a été radicalement modifiée par le numérique. Mon argument principal est qu'une relation productive entre cette philosophie et les cultures contemporaines de l'écran est en effet possible et potentiellement très utile, à condition que nous puissions relire et étendre certains concepts-clés de la pensée deleuzienne. Dans ce contexte, à partir d'un concept utilisé dans Cinéma II : l'image-temps (1985), je soutiens que les images numériques peuvent engendrer des ...