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Deleuze’s Politics: From Marxism to the Missing People
This deep dive examines a paper by Alain Beaulieu which examines the political philosophy of Gilles Deleuze, highlighting his unique resistance to global capitalism and the modern democratic state. Deleuze is characterized as a "Marxist without being Marxist," rejecting traditional party affiliation and violent revolutions in favor of a continuous struggle against repressive social apparatuses. He argues that both neoliberalism and psychoanalysis stifle human desire, which he believes should instead function like a "war machine" to disrupt established hierarchies. Central to this thought is…
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