Author ORCID Identifier
https://orcid.org/0009-0000-1751-1470
Abstract
This review essay reflects on what Deleuzians and “Third World” radical movements can learn from each other from a reading of Alex Taek-Gwang Lee’s Communism After Deleuze (2025). The book reframes Gilles Deleuze’s political philosophy as molded not only by the upheavals of the 1960s but also as a critique of Marxist orthodoxy and an engagement with the liberation struggles of the Third World. Lee challenges the perception of Deleuze as either apolitical or postmodern, while stressing the potential of Deleuze’s concepts to illuminate the dynamics of contemporary capitalism, state power, social movements, and revolutionary becoming. Following in the vein of Lee’s creative approach to unpacking Deleuze’s “minor communism,” this essay investigates the intersections between Deleuzian philosophy and Third World radical movements. It urges, above all, a generative dialogue to strengthen our understanding of collective struggles against global capitalism.
Recommended Citation
Mongaya, Karlo Mikhail I.
(2026)
"What Can Deleuzians and “Third World” Radical Social Movements Learn from Each Other? Reflections on Alex Taek-Gwang Lee’s Communism After Deleuze,"
Kritika Kultura:
No.
50, Article 21.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.13185/1656-152X.2293
Available at:
https://archium.ateneo.edu/kk/vol1/iss50/21
