Concept and Politics in Derrida and Deleuze

TY - JOUR

T1 - Concept and Politics in Derrida and Deleuze

AU - Patton, Paul

PY - 2003

Y1 - 2003

N2 - 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.

AB - 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.

U2 - 10.1163/156851603322398251

DO - 10.1163/156851603322398251

M3 - Article

SN - 1440-9917

VL - 4

SP - 157

EP - 175

JO - Critical Horizons

JF - Critical Horizons

IS - 2

ER -