war machine
nishio.icon What does Deleuze. have to say about nomad or guerrilla warfare?
claude.iconYes, Deleuze mentions nomads and guerrilla warfare.
In "A Thousand Plateaus," Deleuze and Guattari presented the concept of the "war machine. This refers to a nomadic force that opposes the state. They saw the state as a sedentary power rooted in the land, whereas the nomad is a free-moving entity unbound by the land.
Nomads are Moving Beyond Boundaries of the state and have aspects that do not fit into the power structure. Deleuze called this nomadic nature "lysozyme" and opposed hierarchical tree structure thinking.
Guerrilla warfare is also seen as a form of this war machine. Rather than opposing the state's military head-on, they are portrayed as resisting power through ranger tactics.
Deleuze focused on the "non-state nature" of nomads and guerrillas and evaluated them as a potential source of resistance to state power. At the same time, however, he also pointed out the danger of nomads creating new states.
Thus, Deleuze discussed nomads and guerrillas as alternatives to the state and explored their political significance. His ideas are also suggestive in reading the contemporary political situation.
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