Political physics Deleuze, Derrida, and the body politic John Protevi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Protevi, John, 1955- author.

Series:

Transversals.

Transversals

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Deleuze, Gilles, 1925-1995--Political and social views.

Deleuze, Gilles.

Derrida, Jacques--Political and social views.

Derrida, Jacques.

Political science--Philosophy.

Political science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, NJ Athlone Press 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Political Physics analyses the work of two of the most influential thinkers of our time - Jacques Derrida and Gilles Deleuze. The book takes the reader on a transversal journey, crossing the boundaries of philosophy and science.Political Physics explores the limits and strengths of Derridean and Deleuzean philosophical approaches. Focussing on their differing approaches to the question of the 'body politic' - in all its registers, from the physical-chemical body, to the economic, the social and the political body - the book reveals a profound difference in ontological commitment. The book argues that the straightforward materialism of Deleuzean philosophy can operate across the range of analysis whereas Derridean deconstruction effectively operates at the level of reason, consciousness and culture.Cross-cutting a Derridean analysis of the history of philosophy with a Deleuzian approach to creative dialogue and complexity theory, Political Physics illuminates the value of both approaches to the analysis of contemporary culture, politics and science and to the rereading of the history of ideas

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART 1: DERRIDA: DECONSTRUCTION AND FORCEFUL BODIES; Chapter 1. Forcing Open Consciousness; Chapter 2. Force and Signification in the General Text; Chapter 3. Given Time and the Gift of Life; Chapter 4. Economies of AIDS; PART 2: DELEUZE: HISTORICAL-LIBIDINAL MATERIALISM AND ORGANIZED BODIES; Chapter 5. Master and Slave in the Platonic Body Politic; Chapter 6. Philosophy and Leisure: The Social Force of Necessity; Chapter 7. Force, Violence and Authority in the Kantian Body Politic; Afterword; Notes; Bibliography; Index;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index

ISBN:

9786611291624

9781472547323

1472547322

9781281291622

1281291625

9781847143983

1847143989

OCLC:

290573605