Filozofija i drustvo 2011 Volume 22, Issue 2, Pages: 157-171
https://doi.org/10.2298/FID1102157B
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Of “reversal,” on revolutional: Violence and the institution
Bojanić Petar (Institut za filozofiju i društvenu teoriju, Beograd)
Đokić Vladan (Arhitektonski fakultet, Beograd)
We should investigate whether the phrase l’institution révolutionnaire best
describes Deleuze’s imaginary theory of the institution, as well as his
engagement with the theory more generally. The preliminary difficulty, which
immediately questions and devalues our commentary, is Deleuze’s own refusal
to thematize the institution and his own effort, and thus actually answer his
own questions from the 1950s: what is it that explains the institution? And
what should perfect institutions be like, that is, ones opposed to all
agreement, and which suppose a minimum of laws? Deleuze’s carelessness and
effectively his abandonment of his own early attempt at thinking the
institution, could possibly mark his intuition and recognition that the
thematization of the institution is, as of yet, an impossible task.
Keywords: institution, violence, renversement, revolution, l’institution révolutionnaire