plateau "1440: The Smooth and the Striated"
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"1440: The Smooth and the Striated" is a key chapter in Deleuze and Guattari’s *A Thousand Plateaus* that contrasts open, fluid spaces of possibility with structured, regulated spaces to explore how order and control emerge from and act upon more dynamic forms of social and material organization.
All labels observed (1)
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| plateau "1440: The Smooth and the Striated" canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11645015 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: plateau "1440: The Smooth and the Striated" Context triple: [A Thousand Plateaus, hasPart, plateau "1440: The Smooth and the Striated"]
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A.
Plateau 400
Plateau 400 is a prominent rise on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey that served as a key battlefield position during the First World War.
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B.
Plateau
Plateau is the central business district of Abidjan, known for its concentration of government institutions, corporate headquarters, and modern high-rise buildings.
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C.
Plateau
The Plateau is a cultural and geographic region of North America characterized by intermontane river valleys and uplands, traditionally inhabited by Indigenous peoples such as the Spokan.
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D.
Forbidden Plateau
Forbidden Plateau is a subalpine region on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, known for its scenic meadows, hiking trails, and winter recreation within Strathcona Provincial Park.
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E.
O’Reillys plateau
O’Reillys plateau is a scenic highland area in Queensland, Australia, known for its rainforest landscapes, walking trails, and eco-tourism lodges.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: plateau "1440: The Smooth and the Striated" Target entity description: "1440: The Smooth and the Striated" is a key chapter in Deleuze and Guattari’s *A Thousand Plateaus* that contrasts open, fluid spaces of possibility with structured, regulated spaces to explore how order and control emerge from and act upon more dynamic forms of social and material organization.
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A.
Plateau 400
Plateau 400 is a prominent rise on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey that served as a key battlefield position during the First World War.
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B.
Plateau
Plateau is the central business district of Abidjan, known for its concentration of government institutions, corporate headquarters, and modern high-rise buildings.
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C.
Plateau
The Plateau is a cultural and geographic region of North America characterized by intermontane river valleys and uplands, traditionally inhabited by Indigenous peoples such as the Spokan.
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D.
Forbidden Plateau
Forbidden Plateau is a subalpine region on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, known for its scenic meadows, hiking trails, and winter recreation within Strathcona Provincial Park.
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E.
O’Reillys plateau
O’Reillys plateau is a scenic highland area in Queensland, Australia, known for its rainforest landscapes, walking trails, and eco-tourism lodges.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
chapter
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philosophical text ⓘ plateau ⓘ |
| argues |
smooth and striated spaces are mixed in practice
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smooth and striated spaces continually transform into one another ⓘ |
| author |
Félix Guattari
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Gilles Deleuze ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
how open-ended processes resist or escape control
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how regulation and coding organize space ⓘ |
| containedIn | Mille plateaux ⓘ |
| contrasts |
open, fluid spaces of possibility
ⓘ
structured, regulated spaces ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| explores |
relations between movement and control
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relations between nomadic and sedentary organization ⓘ relations between space and power ⓘ |
| genre | philosophy ⓘ |
| influencedField |
architecture theory
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art theory ⓘ cultural studies ⓘ geography ⓘ media studies ⓘ political theory ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| mainConcept |
assemblage
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deterritorialization ⓘ reterritorialization ⓘ rhizome ⓘ smooth space ⓘ striated space ⓘ |
| originalPublicationYear | 1980 ⓘ |
| partOf | A Thousand Plateaus ⓘ |
| philosophicalMovement |
postmodern philosophy
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poststructuralism ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition |
continental philosophy
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linked to:
Continental philosophy
|
| relatedConcept |
nomadology
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war machine ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Treatise on Nomadology: The War Machine
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linked to:
A Thousand Plateaus
|
| subject |
material organization
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social organization ⓘ spatial theory ⓘ |
| theorizes |
how control acts upon material organization
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how order emerges from dynamic social organization ⓘ |
| usesExampleDomain |
maritime navigation
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mathematics ⓘ music ⓘ textiles ⓘ war and strategy ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: plateau "1440: The Smooth and the Striated" Description of subject: "1440: The Smooth and the Striated" is a key chapter in Deleuze and Guattari’s *A Thousand Plateaus* that contrasts open, fluid spaces of possibility with structured, regulated spaces to explore how order and control emerge from and act upon more dynamic forms of social and material organization.
Referenced by (1)
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