Gilles Deleuze, Postcolonial Theory, and the Philosophy of Limit

Does a philosopher have an identity? What kind of identity is mobilized when the work of a philosopher becomes a major reference for certain schools of thought, as in the case of Gilles Deleuze and postcolonial theory? Have the promoters of a generalized Deleuzeanism taken care their usage of his specialized work does him justice? Few exponents of postcolonial and subaltern theories now dispute the influence that Deleuzes work exerted on the intellectuals and theorists who developed those theories. However, this book contends that postcolonial and subaltern theorists have engaged with Deleuzean thought in ways that have perhaps produced a long series of misunderstandings for which Deleuze himself is not responsible. By engaging with recent innovations in North African culture and by examining the dissemination of Deleuzes identities across a broad range of postcolonial theory, Rda Bensmaa shows that the encounter between Deleuze and the postcolonial movement can only be understood through the idea of a transcendental field, in which Deleuze and his postcolonial followers find themselves captured.