French philosopher who developed a philosophy of pure difference and immanence — difference not grounded in identity — drawing on Bergson, Spinoza, and Nietzsche, and co-created with Guattari the concepts of rhizome, assemblage, and deterritorialization.
Difference and Repetition: difference is primary, not derivative from identity; concepts do not represent stable essences but are tools for creative experimentation. Anti-Oedipus (with Guattari): desire is not lack but productive; capitalism deterritorializes all flows, reterritorializing them in the service of capital.
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