ABSTRACT
According to Žižek, there are certain aspects of ‘Deleuzianism’ that, ‘while masquerading as radical chic, effectively transform Deleuze into an ideologist of today’s “digital capitalism.” ’ 1 The transfer of these aspects to the discourse of contemporary architecture in the last three decades has been the trademark of intellectual activity in the discipline. The result has been predictable and troubling. Deleuzian ideologists have mounted an assault on the discipline of theoretical critique with boastful claims announcing ‘the end of the critical’ and ‘the end of theory.’ Their declared agenda has been to put architectural theory and the practice of critique under the tutelage of digital-techno-aesthetic capitalism and its Neoliberal political order.
