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multiplicity  

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  • The concept of multiplicity has attained prominence largely through the philosophy of Gilles Deleuze (1925–1995). Deleuze developed the concept in his book Bergsonism and explored its political ramifications most relentlessly with Félix Guattari in A Thousand Plateaus. [Source: Encyclopedia of Political Theory; Multiplicity]

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