Deleuze and the political / Paul Patton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Patton, Paul.

Series:

Thinking the political

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Deleuze, Gilles, 1925-1995.

Deleuze, Gilles.

Political science--Philosophy.

Political science.

Deleuze, Gilles, 1925-.

Local Subjects:

Deleuze, Gilles, 1925-.

Physical Description:

viii, 166 pages ; 24 cm.

Other Title:

Deleuze & the political

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2000.

Summary:

Gilles Deleuze is one of the most influential and challenging thinkers of the twentieth century and a key figure in poststructuralist thought. His work exerts great influence across an increasingly wide range of disciplines in the humanities and social sciences. What has received remarkably little attention is the relation of his work to political theory and the challenges it presents to traditional conceptions of politics.

With clarity, precision and economy, Paul Patton synthesizes the full range of Deleuze's work, from his early works such as Nietzsche and Philosophy to the more recent What is Philosophy?, and including central works such as Difference and Repetition and Anti-Oedipus. Patton shows the importance of Deleuze for poststructuralist political thought and presents an outstandingly clear treatment of fundamental concepts in Deleuze's work, such as difference, power, desire, multiplicities, nomadism, capture and deterritorialisation. Deleuze and the Political demonstrates Deleuze's relevance to key issues in contemporary social and political theory as well as a range of practical political concerns.

Deleuze and the Political provides the first full-length overview of Deleuze's relation to political thought. It is an accessible and fascinating introduction to some of the key themes in the work of this major thinker. It is essential reading for anyone studying Deleuze and for students of politics, philosophy, sociology, history, anthropology, psychoanalysis, literature, film, cultural and postcolonial studies.

Contents:

1 Concept and image of thought: Deleuze's conception of philosophy 11

2 Difference and multiplicity 29

3 Power 49

4 Desire, becoming and freedom 68

5 Social machines and the state: the history and politics of deterritorialisation 88

6 Nomads, capture and colonisation 109.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-158) and index.

ISBN:

0415100631

041510064X

OCLC:

43096704