Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Acknowledgments xi
4. Abbreviations xiv
5. Introduction 1
6. Part I. Philosophy, Concepts, and Language
7. 1. Mobile Concepts, Metaphor, and the Problem of Referentiality 19
8. 2. Deleuze, Derrida, and the Political Function of Philosophy 41
9. 3. Redescriptive Philosophy: Deleuze and Rorty 60
10. Part II. Colonization and Decolonization in History and Literature
11. 4. History, Becoming, and Events 81
12. 5. The Event of Colonization 100
13. 6. Becoming-Animal and Pure Life in Coetzee’s Disgrace 118
14. Part III. Normative Political Philosophy
15. 7. Philosophy, Politics, and Political Normativity 137
16. 8. Deleuze and Democracy 161
17. 9. Utopian Political Philosophy: Deleuze and Rawls 185
18. Notes 213
19. Bibliography 227
20. Index 239