The Brick Is A Concept

“A concept is a brick. It can be used to build a court [house] of reason. Or it can be thrown through the window.”

Gilles Deleuze, A Thousand Plateaus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia

A concept is a brick: it can be used to start a riot. Riots start wars. Wars kill children. Children don’t know about concepts or bricks or riots or wars. Children know when their Mum has gone and they only want to know when their Mum is coming back.