Henry Somers-Hall, Reading A Thousand Plateaus: Adventures in Nomad Thought – Edinburgh University Press, May 2026

A complete plateau-by-plateau analysis of A Thousand Plateaus

• Provides the first sustained, close reading of A Thousand Plateaus as a whole, reconstructing its argument through extensive cross-referencing between plateaus
• Integrates a wealth of untranslated and little-known sources, making available for the first time in English key influences on Deleuze and Guattari’s work
• Makes the text accessible to those new to studying Deleuze and Guattari

Deleuze and Guattari’s A Thousand Plateaus is one of the most inventive works of philosophy of the 20th century, constructing a sustained argument for the need to develop a new model of thought.

Henry Somers-Hall provides a comprehensive reading of this masterwork as a philosophical text, drawing on the full range of its engagements within philosophy as well as disciplines such as anthropology, linguistics, political theory, economics, mathematics, musicology, literature and psychoanalysis. By interweaving these engagements into the structure of the argument itself, Somers-Hall shows how the rigorous philosophical core at the heart of the text opens out onto a novel politics of social organisation.

As well as an abundance of new research for those working within the field of philosophy, this book will be invaluable for those working in other disciplines who want to engage with the full force of Deleuze and Guattari’s distinctive approach.

Interview with Brent Adkins about the book