ABSTRACT. This paper develops a constructive account of affirmative difference by drawing on resonances between the approaches of Deleuze and Heidegger. Rather than beginning from an established subject–object dualism or inherited metaphysical categories, it explores how a Deleuzian ‘plane of immanence’ can be indicated through expressive activity in languaging. Specifically, it advances ‘existential differentiation’ as a means of enacting ‘signifying chains’ that challenge fixed identities, unsettle conventional dichotomies, and reconfigure established ontological and epistemological assumptions. By foregrounding immanence, affirmation, and recursion, the paper sketches the contours of a non-representational ‘language of life’ realised through existential differentiation.

Keywords: immanence; existential differentiation; logic; fundamental ontology; assemblage

How to cite: Gahrn-Andersen, R. (2025). Towards a language of life: Immanence, affirmation and recursive signification. Knowledge Cultures, 13(3), 128–134. https://doi.org/10.22381/kc13320259

Received November 18, 2025 • Received in revised form November 18, 2025
Accepted November 18, 2025 • Available online December 1, 2025