Deleuze and the Political

Paul Patton

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2002
• eBook ISBN: 9781134855575
• Topic: Philosophy
• Subtopic: Philosophy History & Theory

With clarity, precision and economy, Paul Patton synthesizes the full range of Deleuze's work. He interweaves with great dexterity motifs that extend from his early works, such as Nietzsche and Philosophy, to the more recent What is Philosophy? and his key works such as Anti-Oedipus and Difference and Repetition. Throughout, Deleuze and the Political demonstrates Deleuze's relevance to theoretical and practical concerns in a number of disciplines including philosophy, political theory, sociology, history, and cultural studies.
Paul Patton also presents an outstandingly clear treatment of fundamental concepts in Deleuze's work, such as difference, power, desire, multiplicities, nomadism and the war machine and sets out the importance of Deleuze to poststructuralist political thought.
It will be essential reading for anyone studying Deleuze and students of philosophy, politics, sociology, literature and cultural studies.

Table of contents

• THINKING THE POLITICAL
• CONTENTS
• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
• INTRODUCTION
• 1 CONCEPT AND IMAGE OF THOUGHT
• 2 DIFFERENCE AND MULTIPLICITY
• 3 POWER
• 4 DESIRE, BECOMING AND FREEDOM
• 5 SOCIAL MACHINES AND THE STATE
• 6 NOMADS, CAPTURE AND COLONISATION
• CONCLUSION
• NOTES
• REFERENCES
• INDEX