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72Foucault, critique and rightsCritical Horizons 6 (1): 267-287. 2005.This paper outlines Foucault's genealogical conception of critique and argues that it is not inconsistent with his appeals to concepts of right so long as these are understood in terms of his historical and naturalistic approach to rights. This approach is explained by reference to Nietzsche's account of the origins of rights and duties and the example of Aboriginal rights is used to exemplify the historical character of rights understood as internal to power relations. Drawing upon the contempo…Read more
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1Derrida's engagement with political philosophyIn Mark Bevir, Jill Hargis & Sara Rushing (eds.), Histories of Postmodernism, Routledge. 2007.
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150Considerations on Marxism, Phenomenology and Power. Interview with Michel Foucault; Recorded on April 3rd, 1978Foucault Studies 14 98-114. 2012.
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24Review of Jacques Derrida, Peggy Kamuf (ed.), Elizabeth Rottenberg (ed.), Psyche: Inventions of the Other, Volume I (review)Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews 2008 (5). 2008.
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47L'identité des imaginaires sociaux et la nature des droitsPhilosophiques 33 (2): 499-506. 2006.Review article on Charles Taylor's 'Modern Social Imaginaries'
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1FoucaultIn David Boucher & Paul Kelly (eds.), Political Thinkers: From Socrates to the Present, Oxford University Press. 2009.
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24Difference and RepetitionAthlone. 1994.This brilliant exposition of the critique of identity is a classic in contemporary philosophy and one of Deleuze's most important works. Of fundamental importance to literary critics and philosophers,Difference and Repetition develops two central conceptspure difference and complex repetition&mdasha;and shows how the two concepts are related. While difference implies divergence and decentering, repetition is associated with displacement and disguising. Central in initiating the shift in French …Read more
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11Agamben and Foucault on biopower and biopoliticsIn Matthew Calarco & Steven DeCaroli (eds.), Giorgio Agamben: sovereignty and life, Stanford University Press. pp. 203--218. 2007.
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Immanence, Transcendence and the Creation of RightsIn Laurent de Sutter & Kyle McGee (eds.), Deleuze and Law, . 2012.
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84Nietzsche, Feminism and Political Theory (edited book)Routledge. 1993._Are you visiting women? Do not forget your whip!' '_Thus Spoke Zarathustra__ _'the democratic movement is...a form assumed by man in decay' _Beyond Good and Evil Nietzsche's views on women and politics have long been the most embarrassing aspects of his thought. Why then has the work of Nietzsche aroused so much interest in recent years from feminist theorists and political philosophers? In answer, this collection comprises twelve outsanding essays on Mietzsche 's work to current debates in fem…Read more
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1Future politicsIn Paul Patton & John Protevi (eds.), Between Deleuze and Derrida, Continuum. 2003.
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91Derrida, Politics and Democracy to ComePhilosophy Compass 2 (6): 766-780. 2007.Derrida's early reluctance to spell out political implications of deconstruction gave way during the course of the 1980s to a series of analyses of political concepts and issues. This article identifies the principal intellectual strategies of Derrida's political engagements and provides a detailed account of his concept of ‘democracy to come’. Finally, it suggests several points of contact between Derrida and recent liberal political philosophy, as well as some areas in which deconstructive ana…Read more
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58Concept and politics in Derrida and DeleuzeCritical Horizons 4 (2): 157-175. 2003.This paper points to significant similarities between the political orientations of Deleuze and Derrida. Derrida's appeal to a pure form of existing concepts (absolute hospitality, pure forgiveness, and so on) parallels Deleuze and Guattari's distinction between relative and absolute 'deterritorialisation'. In each case, the absolute form of the concept is a condition of the possibility of change.
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30Review of 'Thinking the Impossible: French Philosophy Since 1960', by Gary Gutting (review)Australasian Journal of Philosophy 91 (1): 196-199. 2013.
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28Foucault and normative political philosophyIn Timothy O'Leary & Christopher Falzon (eds.), Foucault and Philosophy, Wiley-blackwell. pp. 204. 2010.This chapter contains sections titled: Governmental and Public Reason Governmentality and the State Liberal and Neo‐Liberal Governmentality Governmentality and Legitimacy References.
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34Deleuze and the PoliticalRoutledge. 2000.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, sociolo…Read more
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81Activism, Philosophy and Actuality in Deleuze and FoucaultDeleuze and Guatarri Studies 4 (Suppl): 84-103. 2010.Deleuze and Foucault shared a period of political activism and both drew connections between their activism and their respective approaches to philosophy. However, despite their shared political commitments and praise of each other's work, there remained important philosophical differences between them which became more and more apparent over time. This article identifies some of the political issues over which they disagreed and shows how they relate to some of their underlying philosophical di…Read more
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13Deleuze and Pragmatism (edited book)Routledge. 2014.This collection brings together the philosophy of Gilles Deleuze and the rich tradition of American pragmatist thought, taking seriously the commitment to pluralism at the heart of both. Contributors explore in novel ways Deleuze’s explicit references to pragmatism, and examine the philosophical significance of a number of points at which Deleuze’s philosophy converges with, or diverges from, the work of leading pragmatists. The papers of the first part of the volume take as their focus Deleuze’…Read more
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47Power and Right in Nietzsche and FoucaultInternational Studies in Philosophy 36 (3): 43-61. 2004.
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49Government, rights and legitimacy: Foucault and liberal political normativityEuropean Journal of Political Theory 15 (2): 223-239. 2016.One way to characterise the difference between analytic and Continental political philosophy concerns the different roles played by normative and descriptive analysis in each case. This article argues that, even though Michel Foucault’s genealogy of liberal and neoliberal governmentality and John Rawls’s political liberalism involve different articulations of normative and descriptive concerns, they are complementary rather than antithetical to one another. The argument is developed in three sta…Read more
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