Reflections on Time and Politics

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Reflections on Time and Politics Reflections on Time and Politics Na t h a n W i d d e r T h e Pe n n s y l v a n i a St a t e Un i ve r s i t y P r e s s Un i ve r s i t y P a r k , Pe n ny s l v a n i a Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Widder, Nathan, 1970– Reflections on time and politics / Nathan Widder. p. cm. Summary: ‘‘Explores the nature of time and its implications for questions of politics, ethics, and the self. Shows how a conception of time that breaks with common sense notions of chronological order can help us rethink the understandings of identity, difference, power, resistance, and overcoming’’—Provided by publisher. Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. isbn 978-0-271-03394-5 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Time. I. Title. BD638.W53 2008 115—dc22 2008007352 Copyright 䉷 2008 The Pennsylvania State University All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Published by The Pennsylvania State University Press, University Park, PA 16802–1003 The Pennsylvania State University Press is a member of the Association of American University Presses. It is the policy of The Pennsylvania State University Press to use acid-free paper. Publications on uncoated stock satisfy the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences— Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Material, ANSI Z39.48–1992. in memory of my father, robert widder, (Oct. 23, 1926–Feb. 21, 2008), who faced everything that came his way with courage and dignity. In our failure to understand the use of a word we take it as the expression of a queer process. (As we think of time as a queer medium . . .) —wittgenstein, Remarks on the Foundations of Mathematics, 1.127 We would know nothing of time and motion if we did not, in a coarse fashion, believe we see what is at ‘‘rest’’ beside what is in motion. —nietzsche, The Will to Power, §520 Philosophy’s sole aim is to become worthy of the event. —deleuze and guattari, What Is Philosophy? p. 160 ...