Deleuze and Politics »

Ian Buchanan is Professor of Critical and Cultural Theory at Cardiff University. He is the author of A Reader's Guide to Anti-Oedipus and Deleuzism: A Metacommentary. Nicholas Thoburn is a Lecturer in Sociology and Cultural Theory at the University of Manchester.

Deleuze was intensely aware of the need for philosophy to take an active part in shaping and critiquing the world. Philosophy, as Deleuze saw it, engages in politics by inventing new concepts and using them as weapons against opinion, the ultimate barrier to thought. He did not specify a particular political program, nor espouse a particular political dogma. Politics for Deleuze was always a matter of experiment and invention in the search for the revolutionary path that would finally deliver us from the baleful enchantments of capitalism. Deleuze and Politics brings together some of the most important Deleuze scholars in the field today to explore and explain Deleuze's political philosophy.

The essays in this volume focus on three key issues:
*The ontology of Deleuze's political philosophy
*The philosophical debate between Deleuze and contemporary critical theory
*The application of Deleuze's political philosophy to real-world events

Deleuze and Politics will be of interest to cultural studies, philosophy and politics students.

Contributors include: Ian Buchanan, Claire Colebrook, Manuel DeLanda, Isabelle Garo, Eugene W. Holland, Ralf Krause, Gregg Lambert, Philippe Mengue, Paul Patton, Jason Read, Marc Rölli, Nicholas Thoburn and Janell Watson.

Introduction Deleuze and Politics Ian Buchanan Buchanan, Ian Nicholas Thoburn Thoburn, Nicholas 1

1 Power, Theory and Praxis Ian Buchanan Buchanan, Ian 13

2 Deleuze and the Political Ontology of 'The Friend ' (philos) Gregg Lambert Lambert, Gregg 35

3 Molecular Revolutions: The Paradox of Politics in the Work of Gilles Deleuze Isabelle Garo Garo, Isabelle 54

4 Schizoanalysis, Nomadology, Fascism Eugene W. Holland Holland, Eugene W. 74

5 What is a Militant? Nicholas Thoburn Thoburn, Nicholas 98

6 Bourgeois Thermodynamics Claire Colebrook Colebrook, Claire 121

7 The Age of Cynicism: Deleuze and Guattari on the Production of Subjectivity in Capitalism Jason Read Read, Jason 139

8 Deleuze, Materialism and Politics Manuel DeLanda DeLanda, Manuel 160

9 Becoming-Democratic Paul Patton Patton, Paul 178

10 Theorising European Ethnic Politics with Deleuze and Guattari Janell Watson Watson, Janell 196

11 People and Fabulation Philippe Mengue Mengue, Philippe 218

12 Micropolitical Associations Ralf Krause Krause, Ralf Marc Rolli Rolli, Marc 240

Notes on Contributors 255

Index 259