Feminist Theory After Deleuze

by Hannah Stark, Ian Buchanan (Editor)

Feminist Theory After Deleuze addresses the encounter between one of the 20th century's most important philosophers, Gilles Deleuze, and one of its most significant political and intellectual movements, feminism. Feminist theory is a broad, contradictory, and still evolving school of thought. This book introduces the key movements within feminist theory, engaging with both Anglo-American and French feminism, as well as important strains of feminist thought that have originated in Australia and other parts of Europe.

Mapping both the feminist critique of Deleuze's work and the ways in which it has brought vitality to feminist theory, this book brings Deleuze into dialogue with significant thinkers such as Simone de Beauvoir, Rosi Braidotti, Judith Butler, Elizabeth Grosz and Luce Irigaray. It takes key terms in feminist theory such as, 'difference', 'gender', 'bodies', 'desire' and 'politics' and approaches them from a Deleuzian perspective.

Genres: Feminism, Philosophy, Theory

152 pages, Paperback

Published November 17, 2016

Reviews

[Uğur · Rating 5 out of 5]

The basic principle of being a thinker and being a real ideologue is to develop a new theory based on the inequalities by going to the root of social inequalities rather than creating a fiction by predicting the situation and conditions of the age in which he lives and what will happen based on these. At this point, Deleuze determined his intellectual stance by putting an anti-capitalist schizoanalysis (anti-psychoanalysis) and ideological infrastructure against capitalism, which is one of the main inequalities, and by putting his will on the women's struggle, which is the deadlock of Marxism, on this ground, one's gains with the transition to another unequal settled life. Deleuze is a thinker who focused on the existence of the patriarchal mentality that developed over the property morality and enslaving women, and guided the struggle of the 21st century by examining the psychological, social, political and even ideological background of the problem without losing the basic perspective. Of course, when commemorating Deleuze, it is impossible not to mention Guattari.

At this point, Hannah Stark, on the one hand, focused on the status and future of post-Deleuze feminist philosophy, and on the other hand, Deleuze's superstructure added the concepts of becoming, difference, performative and virtual to the infrastructure of feminist thought, which was formed over the concepts of body, desire, politics and gender. tells us.

Deleuze, who is a poststructuralist thinker, has analyzed the corruption of patriarchal thought in every aspect, and that he also created the ideological identity of the 21st century's feminist movement is a very valuable feature that distinguishes him from other thinkers.

I'm not saying you should definitely read this book. I say read Deleuze and Guattari first. Because if you don't get lost in Deleuze's world, you won't be able to understand Hannah Stark who tells the story of her disappearance. Happy reading.

[Evie · Rating 5 out of 5]

(Title reviewed for myself, and not affiliated to any publication)
Feminist Theory After Deleuze, by Hannah Stark
Publication date: NOW
Rating: 5/5
In this groundbreaking text, Stark argues that the works of Gilles Deleuze can provide answers that are highly relevant for feminist philosophy. She challenges us to rethink concepts such as woman, embodiment and identity against Deleuzian philosophy and ideas. There is an in-depth interrogation of pre and post Enlightenment philosophy systems, which have contributed to the problematic gendering of thought. She encourages us to step away from Cartesianism ideas of thought being primarily masculine, and offers Deleuze’s repudiation of masculine purchase on reason instead. Throughout the book, we are invited to consider Deleuze in dialogue with feminist theory, and consider how fourth wave feminist thought will evolve. I found it incredibly interesting, and will be recommending to anyone interested in embodiment, and the nature of the gendered self.

[Stef Rozitis · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have a lot to think about now.

I came to Deleuze (and Guattari) via Elizabeth Adams St Pierre and Elizabeth Grozs. Reading them I realised I needed some help digesting such a rich system of possibility. Stark discusses thought, becoming, desire, bodies, difference and politics through a Deleuzian-feminist lens. At times it seems like she moves too close to essentialism for my comfort, or there are touches of talk about "joy" which I am wary of (not the affect just joy as a theory or ideal). the conclusion is that we need a politics of difference which is active and seeks changes, shifts and destabilises power and the "inevitable" which I agree with supposing a way forward can be found.