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rhizome

is a random unregulated network where any element can be connected to any other element.

non-hierarchical, horizontal multiplicities which cannot be subsumed within a unified structure, whose components form random, unregulated networks in which any element may be connected with any other element' (Bogue 107).

is a structure or system (such as a language) where there is no homogeneous entity, no privileged point of entry, but rather, non-hierarchical, random, chronology-resisting, non-narrativizeable, unregulated, un-subsumed, connected, horizontal multiplicities.

an example of a rhizomatic structure or system would be the generalised use of any particular language. In such a diverse field there can be no homogeneous entity' (Marks 45).

is a structure with no privileged point of entry point.

collections of heterogeneous elements that somehow function together

is an a-centered system of communication. Rather than organization and rigidity of structure, the strength of thought is its potential for collapse.

As an acentered system of communication, the rhizome allows for none of the comforting certainties of an organizing system of memory and a hierarchical system of knowledge. Rather than organisation and rigidity of structure, the strength of thought is its potential for collapse' (Marks Deleuze 45).

is multiple... it stresses routes rather than roots.

There is no privileged point of entry, collections of heterogeneous elements that somehow function together (Bogue 108). 'multiple entry points, routes rather than roots (Deleuze 1993)

There are no points or positions in a rhizome, such as those found in a structure, tree, or root. There are only lines' (D&G TP 8).

is proliferating and serial, functioning by means of the principles of connection and heterogeneity. In simple terms, any line can be connected to any other line. There can be no points or positions within a rhizome, only a mobile and bifurcating series of lines.

the rhizome is proliferating and serial, functioning by means of the principles of connection and heterogeneity. In simple terms, any line can be connected to any other line. However, these lines do not converge to form an organic whole. . . The rhizome is a multiplicity, and as such seeks to move away from the binary subject/object structure of Western thought. . . There can be no points or positions within a rhizome, only a mobile and bifurcating series of lines' (Marks Deleuze 45).

is resistant of the organizational structure of the root-tree system and 'ceaselessly established connections between semiotic chains, organizations of power, and circumstances relative to the arts, sciences, and social struggles.

A rhizome is resistant of the organizational structure of the root-tree system and 'ceaselessly established connections between semiotic chains, organizations of power, and circumstances relative to the arts, sciences, and social struggles. 'As a model for culture, the rhizome resist the organizational structure of the root-tree system which charts causality along chronological lines and looks for the originary source of 'things' and looks towards the pinnacle or conclusion of those 'things.' 'A rhizome, on the other hand, 'ceaselessly established connections between semiotic chains, organizations of power, and circumstances relative to the arts, sciences, and social struggles' (D&G 7).

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