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A Deleuzian Critique of Resource-use Management Politics in Industria

Author(s)	Hipwell, William T.
Abstract	In an era of increasingly well-attended and violent protests around the world against globalization, this commentary seeks to answer the crucial question: The globalization of what? The answer proposed is that what is globalizing is ‘Industria’, a multiplicitous, global system of power/knowledge, a vast ‘machinic assemblage’ recently accreted from diverse, competing world systems. After describing some of the most serious challenges facing human communities and the rest of the biosphere, the commentary enlists the aid of the philosopher Gilles Deleuze and his colleague FÃƒÂ©lix Guattari to expose the cognitive errors underlying political and environmental problems. Applying Deleuze’s philosophy of difference to geopolitics and resource-use management, it is shown that representational epistemologies and a negative ontology of identity obscure the myriad interconnections among human and non-human beings, leading to conflict and ecological degradation. From there, the ‘Industria’ hypothesis is presented as a conceptual response to Deleuze and Guattari’s critique of the ‘Urstaat’ and as a framework for scholars grappling with the need to achieve socioeconomic and ecological sustainability. Finally, the commentary briefly explores the potential of a differential, bioregional geopolitics as a civilized alternative to the predations of Industria.
IssueNo	3
Pages	356-377
Article	Access to Article
Source	Canadian Geographer
VolumeNo	48
PubDate	September 2004
ISBN_ISSN	0008-3658

A Deleuzian Critique of Resource-use Management Politics in Industria

Globalization