Deleuze and Race

by Saldanha, Arun; Adams, Jason Michael

• ISBN13: 9780748669592
• ISBN10: 0748669590
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-11-26
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Summary

Gilles Deleuze challenges traditional assumptions about human difference, particularly through his collaborations with the philosopher Félix Guattari. While sexual difference is a popular focus of Deleuzean studies, racial difference is another, more problematic concern. As this collection shows, Deleuze and Guattari had extremely original things to say about race, believing the politics of phenotype and origin are integral to a thorough consideration of human civilization. In this volume, international, multidisciplinary scholars kick off a Deleuzian study of race through wide-ranging and evocative case studies. The first book to relate Deleuze's philosophy to issues of race, this volume unpacks implicit and explicit references to race across Deleuze's entire body of work, with a special focus on Capitalism and Schizophrenia, both written with Guattari. Contributions pair Deleuze with other theorists, including Michel Foucault, Judith Butler, and Paul Gilroy, broadening the collection's scope to continental philosophy and critical theory. Scholars draw on examples from the arts, current affairs, and history, and include Claire Colebrook (Penn State University), John E. Drabinski (Amherst College), Ian Buchanan (Cardiff University), and Laura U. Marks (Simon Fraser University).