Gilles Deleuze, postcolonian theory, and the philosophy of limit / by Réda Bensmaïa.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bensmaïa, Réda, author.

Series:

Suspensions (Series)

Suspensions: contemporary Middle Eastern and Islamicate thought

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Deleuze, Gilles, 1925-1995.

Deleuze, Gilles.

Postcolonialism.

Physical Description:

xiv, 176 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2017.

Summary:

Does a philosopher have an `identity'? What kind of `identity' is mobilized when the work of a philosopher becomes a major reference for certain schools of thought, as in the case of Gilles Deleuze and postcolonial theory? Have the promoters of a generalized Deleuzeanism taken care their usage of his specialized work does him justice? Few exponents of postcolonial and subaltern theories now dispute the influence that Deleuze's work exerted on the intellectuals and theorists who developed those theories. However, this book contends that postcolonial and subaltern theorists have engaged with Deleuzean thought in ways that have perhaps produced a long series of misunderstandings - for which Deleuze himself is not responsible. By engaging with recent innovations in North African culture and by examining the dissemination of Deleuze's identities across a broad range of postcolonial theory, Reda Bensmaia shows that the `encounter' between Deleuze and the postcolonial movement can only be understood through the idea of a `transcendental' field, in which Deleuze and his postcolonial followers find themselves captured.

Contents:

1 Postcolonial Haecceities: On Deleuze's Names 1

2 The Subject of Art: Prolegomena to a Future Deleuzian Aesthetics 23

3 Cinéplastique(s): Deleuze on Élie Faure and Film Theory 45

4 On the "Spiritual Automaton," or Space and Time in Modern Cinema according to Gilles Deleuze 55

5 The Singularity of the Event: Gilles Deleuze, Paul Virilio, François Jullien 69

6 The Kafka Effect: Considerations on the Limits of Interpretation in Deleuze and Guattari's Book on Kafka 83

7 On the Concept of "Minor Literature": From Kafka to Kateb Yacine 99

8 Becoming-Animal, Becoming-Political in Rachid Boudjedra's L'escargot entêté 113.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781350004382

1350004383

9781350004399

1350004391

OCLC:

953842794