Communism after Deleuze / Alex Taek-Gwang Lee.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lee, Alex Taek-Gwang, author.

Series:

Deleuze and Guattari Encounters.

Deleuze and Guattari Encounters

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Deleuze, Gilles, 1925-1995.

Deleuze, Gilles.

Communism--Philosophy.

Communism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (233 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2025.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2025.

System Details:

text file HTML

Summary:

This new reading of Gilles Deleuze forges a link between his early and later works by decoding his hidden agenda for communism. Encoded in the idea of the Third World , Deleuze used his concept of communism as a bulwark against fascist politics and the liberal political economy. Inspired by May 68 and its aftermath, these concealed interpretations of Marx are now tacitly forgotten but can unlock a deeper understanding of Deleuze s political project. Often regarded as an apolitical philosopher, the challenges that Deleuze mounted to structuralism are easy to overlook. By reinvigorating the communist aspect of his political project and linking his ideas to Alain Badiou, Jacques Ranciere and Slavoj i ek, Alex Taek-Gwang Lee reveals Deleuze s objective: to rescue Marxism from the dogmatic status quo and revive its political agendas. This major undertaking situates his ideas alongside and sets out a new framework for reading the significance of Marxist thought in postwar France. Ultimately, this new understanding of Deleuze s critique of global capitalism opens up his vision of materialistic politics as a means of shaping the people and the proletariat of the future.

Contents:

1. Introduction: Deleuze and Minor Communism 2. Deleuze and Structuralism 3. From Anti-Oedipus to A Thousand Plateaus 4. Faciality, Ritournelle, and the Urstaat 5. Deleuze s unwritten Marx 6. Conclusion: How Do We Recognise Deleuze s Communism?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781350474055

1350474053

9781350474062

1350474061

9781350474048

1350474045

OCLC:

1485003543