Sounding Out Idols ... And Icons

"Thus, more than just ‘sounding out idols,’ Deleuze’s project is the ‘overturning of icons’ insofar as icons are intended to be window that take us ‘beyond’ immanence. According to Deleuze, this iconic desire itself harbors a devaluation of immanence. In contrast, Deleuze’s virtual ontology urges us to stay with what appears, to celebrate immanence."

James K.A. Smith, Introducing Radical Orthodoxy, P. 209