Responsive Becoming: Ethics between Deleuze and Feminism (original) (raw)

Introduction to "Deleuze and Ethics"

Deleuze and Ethics, 2011

This introductory chapter discusses the relevance of this volume. It contends that there is a deeply ethico-normative dimension to Deleuzian–Guattarian philosophy but that it has tended to be ignored, overlooked, downplayed, and misunderstood in the literature. This book makes a preliminary contribution to the task of uncovering and elucidating that dimension, not only for the sake of enriching Deleuze–Guattari scholarship, but also in the hope of promoting a more engaged philosophical practice based in, and responding to, Deleuzian–Guattarian ethics.

Introduction: Infinite Eros. Deleuze, Guattari and Feminist Couplings

Deleuze and Guattari Studies, 2018

Feminism and Deleuze and Guattari's philosophy share a commitment to reinvention and infinite variation, to follow the paths of individual vicissitudes and the sufferings and joys of the worlds in which we live, and to courageously imagine better futures. This is the introduction to a special edition of Deleuze and Guattari Studies that seeks to open spaces for the intermingling of feminist voices with Deleuze and Guattari's work, endorsing the transformational potential of such encounters.

Deleuze and Ethics

2011

Concepts such as ethics, values, and normativity play a crucial – if subtle and easily overlooked – role in Deleuze’s overall philosophical project. The essays in this collection uncover and explore the ethical dimension of Deleuzian philosophy along diverse trajectories and, in so doing, endeavour to reclaim that philosophy as moral philosophy.

Becoming Woman: Deleuze & Guattari's Critique of Male Hegemony

3RD INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC SCIENCES ABSTRACT BOOK, 2017

This article aims at clarifying why and how Deleuze & Guattari defend the concept of ‘becoming woman’ against the rigid identity of Man, as part of a longer series of becomings including ‘becoming animal,’ ‘becoming molecular’ and ‘becoming imperceptible’. In A Thousand Plateaus (vol. II of Capitalism and Schizophrenia), they introduce several important concepts some of which—in addition to further explanatory functions they provide for other social and political issues— illuminate the tension between dominant figures and minorities in a society. For instance, in terms of Deleuze & Guattari’s feminist outlook, the concept of ‘molar’ stands for the rigidity of man or manly figures. To specify, they argue that “man is the molar identity par excellence,” and hence, there is no such thing as becoming man, since all becomings are always minoritarian (ATP 291-5). In this context, ‘becoming-woman’ or ‘becoming-minor’ is the conceptualization they produce for understanding molecular becomings in opposition to the rigid “being” of privileged identities or molar figures. In light of these considerations, it can be said that the notion of ‘becoming-woman’ can be interpreted as Deleuze & Guattari’s critique against the hegemony man and manly structures over the multiplicity of becomings in any social field. Keywords: Deleuze & Guattari, Feminism, Man, Molar, Molecular

Deleuze and Guattari's Absent Analysis of Patriarchy

Hypatia, 2019

Feminist philosophy has offered mixed opinions on the collaborative projects of Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari. But although there has been much discussion of the political expediency of what Deleuze and Guattari do say about sexual difference, this article will outline what is absent fromAnti‐OedipusandA Thousand Plateaus(the two volumes comprisingCapitalism and Schizophrenia). Specifically, I will argue that though Deleuze and Guattari offer a historical account of a range of power structures—most notably capitalism, but also despotism, fascism, and authoritarianism—they give no such account of the development of patriarchy. Secondarily, this article will argue that Deleuze and Guattari's analysis of contemporary power relations could be improved by adding an accompanying analysis of the institution of patriarchy. After offering a detailed account of the technical vocabulary used by Deleuze and Guattari for the analysis of political institutions, I will argue that what thei...