If not peak Deleuze, then peak positivity, and high-time to throw off the overbearing weight of contemporary theory's obsession with affirmation: "Affirm. Enhance. Maximize. Optimize. Expand." http://cultureandcommunication.org/galloway/peak-deleuze-and-the-red-bull-sublime …
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Not sure I find the thesis of that book entirely convincing, that table where he converts affirmationist concepts to spooky and dark ones made me laugh. He also sporadically employs concepts from across D’s oeuvre as though it were a coherent system—it’s dogmatic.
It is such a cute little table, and a shame that the one-for-one inversion of affirmationist concepts structures so much of the book. I recall seeing him backtrack on the polemic in FB threads: to a more defensible position of positive ontology coupled with negative politics.
