Immanence and Micropolitics : : Sartre, Merleau-Ponty, Foucault and Deleuze / / Christian Gilliam.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2017
• VerfasserIn: Gilliam, Christian,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Taking on the Political : TAPO
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (216 p.)

Maps the context and development of immanence and micropolitics, from Sartre to Deleuze, via Merleau-Ponty and FoucaultChristian Gilliam argues that a philosophy of 'pure' immanence is integral to the development of an alternative understanding of 'the political'; one that re-orients our understanding of the self toward the concept of an unconscious or 'micropolitical' life of desire. He argues that here, in this 'life', is where the power relations integral to the continuation of post-industrial capitalism are most present and most at stake. Through proving its philosophical context, lineage and political import, Gilliam ultimately justifies the conceptual necessity of immanence in understanding politics and resistance, thereby challenging the claim that ontologies of 'pure' immanence are either apolitical or politically incoherent.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Sartre and the Instigation of Immanence -- 2. Merleau-Ponty and the Fold of the Flesh -- 3. Foucault and the Force of Power-Knowledge -- 4. Deleuze and the Micropolitics of Desire -- Conclusion: From Immanence to Micropolitics -- Bibliography -- Index