Deleuzian Encounters Studies in Contemporary Social Issues [Hardcover]

This book contains accessible, thought-provoking essays on the practical and ethical implications of Deleuze's philosophy for various contemporary social issues. Contributions provide practical suggestions for using Deleuze's thought in social research, and offer new insights into the potential of Deleuze's philosophy for social thought and action.Preface; P.Patton Introduction: Gilles Deleuze and Four Movements in Social Thought; A.Hickey-Moody & P.Malins PART I: POLITICS BEYOND IDENTITY A Politics of Non-Being; G.Flaxman The Revolutionary Dividual; J.Roffe Intersex: Between Law and Nature; E.Mussawir Deleuze and Suicide; A.Woodward PART II: ETHICO-AESTHETICS Intellectual Disability, Sensation and Thinking Through Affect; A.Hickey- Moody Toward a Pedagogy of Affect; C.Albrecht-Crane & J.D.Slack Sensing Beyond Security; E.Manning Affective Terrorism; F.Colman PART III: SOCIO-SPATIALITY Molar Ecology: What Can the (Full) Body of an Eco-Tourist Do?; M.Halsey City Folds: Injecting Drug Use and Urban Space; P.Malins Holey Space and the Smooth and Striated Body of the Refugee; H.Frichot Microsociology and the Ritual Event; K.Dean & T.Lamarre PART IV: GLOBAL SCHIZOPHRENIA Indigenous Peoples and a Deleuzian Theory of Practice; S.Bignall Deleuze and the Tale of Two Intifadas; T.May The Autonomy of Migration: Animals of Undocumented Mobility; D.Papadopoulos & V.Tsianos Complex and Minor: Deleuze and Alter-Globalization Movements; G.Chesters Index

'Books like this one are urgently needed. With this strong collection Anna Hickey-Moody and Peta Malins have taken to heart Deleuze's advice that the effort to create concepts must always start with concrete and simple situations. The two editors succeed, with the help of contributors from a variety of disciplines and venues of research, to give us a valuable, novel and persuasive demonstration of the kind of social analysis and political intervention that Deleuze's resourcefulness is capable of bringing abouló¬