The Limits of Perception: Knights of Narcotics, Nonhuman Aesthetics and the Psychedelic Revival
Deleuze Guattari and the Schizoanalysis of the Global Pandemic Revolutionary Praxis and Neoliberal Crisis 2023 DOI: 10.5040/9781350277427.ch-006 (opens in new tab)
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| Key points | Proposes that Deleuze and Guattari's concepts of aesthetics and nonhuman perception provide a framework for understanding the current psychedelic renaissance in the context of the Anthropocene. |
Abstract
The global corona pandemic has reinforced a need for alternative sensibilities to the world. A renewed interest in psychedelics that has emerged in the last decade, may be one of the symptoms of this need for new perceptions. The so-called psychedelic renaissance is by and large defined by a scientific discourse and has not yet been considered extensively from a philosophical perspective. This article will propose a conceptual framework offered by Deleuze and Guattari, focusing on aesthetics and (nonhuman) perception, to understand the current attention to psychedelics in the current context of the Anthropocene. A return to the work of artistic psychonauts such as Aldous Huxley and Philippe Garrel will provide some guiding thoughts.