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deleuzian concepts Cultural Memory in the Present Mieke Bal and Hent de Vries, Editors DeLeuziaN CoNCepts Philosophy, Colonization, Politics paul patton stanford university press stanford, california stanford university press stanford, California © 2010 by the Board of trustees of the Leland stanford Junior university. all rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system without the prior written permission of stanford university press. printed in the united states of america on acid-free, archival-quality paper Library of Congress Cataloging-in-publication Data patton, paul. Deleuzian concepts : philosophy, colonization, politics / paul patton. p. cm. includes bibliographical references and index. isBN 978-0-8047-6877-1 (cloth : alk. paper) — isBN 978-0-8047-6878-8 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Deleuze, Gilles, 1925–1995—political and social views. 2. political science— philosophy—History—20th century. i. title. B2430.D454p37 2010 194—dc22 2009038159 typeset by Thompson type in 11/13.5 adobe Garamond To Moira Contents Acknowledgments xi Abbreviations xiv introduction 1 I. Philosophy, Concepts, and Language 1 Mobile Concepts, Metaphor, and the problem of Referentiality 19 2 Deleuze, Derrida, and the political Function of philosophy 41 3 Redescriptive philosophy: Deleuze and Rorty 60 II. Colonization and Decolonization in History and Literature 4 History, Becoming, and events 81 5 The event of Colonization 100 6 Becoming-animal and pure Life in Coetzee’s Disgrace 118 III. Normative Political Philosophy 7 philosophy, politics, and political Normativity 137 8 Deleuze and Democracy 161 9 utopian political philosophy: Deleuze and Rawls 185 Notes 213 Bibliography 227 Index 239
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