The Movement of Being: A Minor Literature of the Body

Actions and Abstractions: Deleuzian Lines of Flight · Aug 16, 2026 · 38m

Adam Foster’s thesis, "The Movement of Being," challenges traditional political thought by critiquing the liberal model of the individual as a self-contained, rational, and autonomous entity. Drawing heavily on the philosophies of Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari, Foster argues that the human body is not a static object but a fluid site of "becoming" shaped by external forces. He categorizes mainstream political theory as a "major literature" that uses the philosophies of Descartes and Hobbes to enforce a rigid, state-aligned view of subjectivity. In contrast, he proposes a "minor…