Political Physics Deleuze, Derrida and the

Political Physics crosses the work of two of the most influential thinkers at the start of the 21st century, Jacques Derrida and Gilles Deleuze. The book takes the reader on a transversal journey -- employing Derridean analysis of the history of philosophy, Deleuzian creative dialogue and complexity theory -- to cross the boundaries of philosophy and science.

Political Physics opens with Derridean readings of the "forceful body politic" in Husserl, Hegel, "the gift of life", and AIDS. Here, Derrida's concern with metaphysics is developed alongside Deleuze's critique of "hylomorphism" -- the doctrine that production is the imposition of order on chaos. The second part of the book presents Derridean readings of the Deleuzian concept of the "organized body politic" in Plato, Aristotle, Heidegger and Kant.

Political Physics opens a new future for philosophy by revealing the way complexity theory shows the order and creativity inherent in matter itself.

Acknowledgments

vii

Introduction

1

(16)

Part 1: Derrida: Deconstruction and Forceful Bodies

Forcing Open Consciousness

17

(28)

Force and Signification in the General Text

45

(27)

Given Time and the Gift of Life

72

(20)

Economies of AIDS

92

(23)

Part 2: Deleuze: Historical--Libidinal Materialism and Organ-Ized Bodies

Master and Slave in the Platonic Body Politic

115

(34)

Philosophy and Leisure: The Social Force of Necessity

149

(21)

Force, Violence and Authority in the Kantian Body Politic

170

(23)

Afterword

193

(8)

Notes

201

(24)

Bibliography

225

(14)

Index

239

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Political Physics Deleuze, Derrida and the Body Politic

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