Here is an extended chapter-by-chapter review of "A Thousand Plateaus" written by Gilles Deleuze. It is one of his most difficult texts and requires a detailed reading in order to clarify its vital points. In many cases these reviews are very important for those who did not initially understand the book upon a first reading.

 
Gilles Deleuze wrote about the modern painter Francis Bacon. He described how there was an emphasis on the figure that was a type of intensity rather than a direct representation of something in reality. What this does is reveal the underlying rhythm under sensation and how this points to chaos as much as an order. A misrecognition occurs from the experience of art where a preconceived object is not matched to the work, and something else is revealed under representation

 
Communitarianism can be defined as the polar opposite of libertarianism. It places an emphasis on societal values and needs in order to shape economic policy. It holds that state regulated industries, unrestricted welfare, and cuts in taxes can both be counterproductive. The solution proposed is to support economic mobility and full employment in order to fulfill what local communities need in order to function. The policies of communitarianism may not have a deep critique of modern capitalism, but it can exist outside of the duality of liberal and conservative.

 
The widespread influence of a system of power and control is so ubiquitous that it takes on the characteristics of a simulated reality. The Matrix movies demonstrate this phenomenon and takes it to its extreme point. This is an example of a science fiction where there is no longer an unknown frontier to create stories from. There is only the small details of life and how it can be simulated as material for future science fiction narratives.

 
The new forms of anarchism and other social movements attempt to advocate organization through affinity rather than hegemony. This means that the new movements to change the world must not create a new hierarchy or standardization but allow for differences to exist side by side. This requires local actions of autonomous power that do not have to depend upon a centralized power or authority to have its needs met. The new movements not only want change in results but a change in the day-to-day structure of power.

 
The Catholic Church for a brief time offered itself as an alternative to the nation state and its various political ideologies. After the French Revolution, the Church lost much of its real political power but created a new type of social relationship that had as its goal a sense of justice without base materialism. This choice was obscured by the rise of communism and socialism that placed these goals solely into politics.

 
The need to be sustainable would require an active movement that allowed for people to support each other as they started to live off the grid. This would mean fabricated housing using alternative energy sources on a small plot of land that can grow various foods. It would also mean new economic structures that exist outside of the current capitalist global system.