Panzner examines the intersections between composer and music theorist John Cage (1912–92) and French philosopher Gilles Deleuze (1925-95) regarding such matters as performance, intentionality,
and difference. The two have rarely been studied together, he says, but Deleuze’s individually authored works and collaborations with Félix Guattari and Claire Parnet can be read in productive
counterpoint to Cage’s. He admits that Cage never mentions Deleuze or his collaborators, but points out that their approach to a materialist ontology of difference, their insistent on the
explication and understanding of individuating processes, and especially their assertions about micropolitics and power provide a powerful toolkit for understanding and expanding on crucial
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