•  118
    Dismantling the Face: Pluralism and the Politics of Recognition
    Deleuze and Guatarri Studies 6 (3): 389-410. 2012.
    Plural expressions of ‘belonging’ in postcolonial and multicultural societies give particular emphasis to a politics of cultural recognition. Within nations, diverse communities call for acknowledgement of their aspirations, for fair representation in public life and for protection of the distinctive cultural practices and beliefs that define and help to sustain minoritarian identities. Recognition is also important for group self-concept and cohesion, and so plays a vital role in the creation o…Read more
  •  105
    Deleuze and Foucault on desire and power
    Angelaki 13 (1). 2008.
    This Article does not have an abstract
  •  72
    Desire, Apathy and Activism
    Deleuze and Guatarri Studies 4 (Suppl): 7-27. 2010.
    This paper explores the themes of apathy and activism by contrasting the conventionally negative concept of motivational desire-lack with Deleuze and Guattari's positive concept of ‘desiring-production’. I suggest that apathy and activism are both problematically tied to the same motivational force: the conventional negativity of desire, which results in a ‘split subject’ always already ‘undone’ by difference. The philosophy of positive desiring-production provides alternative concepts of motiva…Read more
  •  28
    Postcolonial Agency: Critique and Constructivism
    Edinburgh University Press. 2010.
    This book complements and balances the attention given by postcolonial theory to the revitalisation and recognition of the agency of colonised peoples. Simone Bignall argues that a non-imperial concept of ethical and political agency and a materialist philosophy of transformation are embedded within a minor tradition of Western philosophy. 'Postcolonial Agency'provides a significantly new understanding of the processes of social transformation faced by many societies as they struggle with the af…Read more
  •  26
    Three Ecosophies for the Anthropocene: Environmental Governance, Continental Posthumanism and Indigenous Expressivism
    with Steve Hemming and Daryle Rigney
    Deleuze and Guatarri Studies 10 (4): 455-478. 2016.
    To facilitate engagement across diverse philosophical cultures, this paper expands points of alliance between the ‘ecosophical’ perspectives shared by Deleuzo-Guattarian posthumanism and by Indigenous thought, here exemplified by the expressivist philosophy of Ngarrindjeri Yannarumi or ‘Speaking as Country’. Indigenous philosophies of existential interconnectivity resist simple incorporation into the Western ‘post’-humanism that they in fact precede by millennia; instead they contribute fresh ma…Read more
  •  25
    Deleuze and the Postcolonial (edited book)
    Edinburgh University Press. 2010.
    This is the first collection of essays bringing together Deleuzian Philosophy and postcolonial theory. Bignall and Patton assemble some of the world's leading figures in these fields to explore rich linkages between two previously unrelated areas of study.
  •  11
    Posthuman Ecologies: Complexity and Process After Deleuze (edited book)
    Rowman & Littlefield International. 2018.
    Through specific readings and uses of Deleuze’s conceptual apparatus, this volume examines the operation of human-actioned systems as complex and heterogeneous arenas of affection and accountability.
  •  8
    Deleuze 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
  •  5
    Attective Assemblcigesz Ethics beyond Enjoyment
    In Simone Bignall & Paul Patton (eds.), Deleuze and the Postcolonial, Edinburgh University Press. pp. 78. 2010.
  •  4
    3. On Property and the Philosophy of Poverty: Agamben and Anarchism
    In Daniel McLoughlin (ed.), Agamben and Radical Politics, Edinburgh University Press. pp. 49-70. 2016.
  •  4
    12. Potential Postcoloniality: Sacred Life, Profanation and the Coming Community
    In Marcelo Svirsky & Simone Bignall (eds.), Agamben and Colonialism, Edinburgh University Press. pp. 261-284. 2012.
  •  2
    Index
    with Marcelo Svirsky
    In Marcelo Svirsky & Simone Bignall (eds.), Agamben and Colonialism, Edinburgh University Press. pp. 289-296. 2012.
  •  2
    Notes on Contributors
    with Marcelo Svirsky
    In Marcelo Svirsky & Simone Bignall (eds.), Agamben and Colonialism, Edinburgh University Press. pp. 285-288. 2012.
  •  2
    Agamben and Colonialism (edited book)
    with Marcelo Svirsky
    Edinburgh University Press. 2012.
    12 new essays evaluating Agamben's work from a postcolonial perspective. Svirsky and Bignall assemble leading figures to explore the rich philosophical linkages and the political concerns shared by Agamben and postcolonial theory.Agamben's theories of the 'state of exception' and 'bare life' are situated in critical relation to the existence of these phenomena in the colonial/postcolonial world.
  •  1
    Reconciling Replicas: The Second Coming of the Duyfken
    with Mark Galliford
    Cultural Studies Review 9 (2): 37-64. 2003.
    Until recently, history as written by the ‘victors’ has been nothing more than repeated efforts to capture a certain slant of truth in order to territorialise the position of ‘white’ dominance in this country. The re-enactment of historical events can be instrumental in the re-presentation of this privileged history. The re-enacted landing of the replica ship Duyfken in August 2000 was marked by an important shift in attitude for at least one of the leading protagonists in the event. In this res…Read more
  •  1
    Introduction: Agamben and Colonialism
    with Marcelo Svirsky
    In Marcelo Svirsky & Simone Bignall (eds.), Agamben and Colonialism, Edinburgh University Press. pp. 1-14. 2012.
  •  1
    Introduction
    In Simone Bignall & Paul Patton (eds.), Deleuze and the Postcolonial, Edinburgh University Press. pp. 1-19. 2010.
  •  1
    Chapter 4 Affective Assemblages: Ethics beyond Enjoyment
    In Simone Bignall & Paul Patton (eds.), Deleuze and the Postcolonial, Edinburgh University Press. pp. 78-102. 2010.
  • Notes on Contributors
    In Simone Bignall & Paul Patton (eds.), Deleuze and the Postcolonial, Edinburgh University Press. pp. 297-300. 2010.
  • Deleuzian Systems: Complex Ecologies and Posthuman Agency (edited book)
    Rowman & Littlefield International. 2018.
  • 3 Dismantling the White-Man Face: Racialisation, Faciality and the Palm Island Riot
    In Arun Saldanha & Jason Michael Adams (eds.), Deleuze and Race, Edinburgh University Press. pp. 73-92. 2012.
  • Index
    In Simone Bignall & Paul Patton (eds.), Deleuze and the Postcolonial, Edinburgh University Press. pp. 301-312. 2010.