The Lexicon · Genealogy · Modern
DELEUZE, GILLES
1925–1995
The Rhizome (The Index Without a Root)
Deleuze, with Guattari: knowledge as rhizome — entry points everywhere, no privileged root, no hierarchy. The GAI is alphabetical (a hierarchy of pure convention), but the alphabet is not the trunk. The artist is linked to the lineage they claim (§3.3) and to whichever Lexicon entries they invoke. No artist is more central. Browsing begins at A by policy, not by ontology. The rhizome is the reading room.