This edited volume deploys Deleuzian thinking to re-theorize fascism as a mutable problem in changing orders of power relations dependent on hitherto misunderstood social and political conditions of formation.
This edited volume deploys Deleuzian thinking to re-theorize fascism as a mutable problem in changing orders of power relations dependent on hitherto misunderstood social and political conditions of formation. The book provides a theoretically distinct approach to the problem of fascism and its relations with liberalism and modernity in both historical and contemporary contexts. It serves as a seminal intervention into the debate over the causes and consequences of contemporary wars and global political conflicts as well as functioning as an accessible guide to the theoretical utilities of Deleuzian thought for International Relations (IR) in a manner that is very much lacking in current debates about IR.
Covering a wide array of topics, this volume will provide a set of original contributions focussed in particular upon the contemporary nature of war; the increased priorities afforded to the security imperative; the changing designs of bio-political regimes, fascist aesthetics; nihilistic tendencies and the modernist logic of finitude; the politics of suicide; the specific desires upon which fascism draws and, of course, the recurring pursuit of power.
An important contribution to the field, this work will be of great interest to students and scholars of international relations, fascism and international relations theory.
"The editors of this superb volume tell us that 'We are all, always,fascists, of multiple kinds'; the fascism that they speak of, via Deleuze,is not limited to the exploits of Hitler and Nazism. This is the fascismof our own time, a fascism that has deepened and extended even since thetime that Deleuze and Guattari penned Anti-Oedipus. This is the fascism ofliberalism itself, the fascism of Kant, of humanism; it is a fascism ofdesire turned against itself, of the most basic aspects of power andauthority. The authors of this volume, extend upon, argue with, probe, andcomplicate Deleuze's insights about pervasive fascism; through engagementswith western philosophy, science fiction, cinema, Marxism, Foucault, andmany other sources, these authors seek to reproblematize and reschematizea fascism that we all partake in, a tendency that, in some sense, we cannever fully escape or leave behind. The beauty of this volume is that itexplicitly politicizes an endemic crisis, allowing very diverse frames ofreference (historical, aesthetic, theoretical) to mutually engage andcontest what must be the greatest challenge of the 21st century."
James Martel, San Francisco State University, USA
"When Foucault described?Anti-Oedipus?as a book for combating the inner fascist in us all his statement was taken at face value and never questioned or investigated.?Deleuze and Fascism?changes that: it turns Foucault's claim into a question and problematic and pursues the various lines of flight it opens for us. This is a richly interesting collection of essays with a very serious purpose."
-- Ian?Buchanan, Editor?Deleuze Studies
