Synthesis philosophica, Vol. 37 No. 1, 2022.
Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.21464/sp37101
Who Does Pinocchio Think It Is? When Deleuze and Guattari Encounter Pinocchio in Plato’s Cave
Sercan Çalcı
; Nesin Vakfı, Nesin Vakfı Kütüphanesi, Gökçeali Mahallesi, Gökçeali Caddesi, No:128, TR–34540 Çatalca/İstanbul
Abstract
In this article, I imagine a scene in Plato’s cave where Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari encounter Pinocchio, the most famous puppet. I want to examine the forms of resistance created by the expressions of the Body Without Organs during the process of Pinocchio’s formation and bring together the elements that undermine the pedagogical causality established between telling a lie and the elongation of the nose to show that a different reading of The Adventures of Pinocchio is possible. I hope to achieve this reading by demonstrating the constant conflict of the two logics in The Adventures of Pinocchio: the logic of punishment and the logic of symptoms. This research can also be read as preparing a possible strategic escape plan for Pinocchio, Deleuze and Guattari for a permanent escape from Plato’s cave.
Keywords
becoming; subject; logic of punishment; logic of symptoms; body without organs; limit; threshold; Gilles Deleuze; Félix Guattari; Pinocchio
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284023
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Publication date:
30.8.2022.
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