Queer and Deleuzian Temporalities: Toward a Living Present

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Rachel Loewen Walker's original study of Deleuze's theory of temporality advances a concept of the living present as a critical juncture through which novel meanings and activisms take flight in relation to new feminist materialisms, queer theory, Indigenous studies, and studies of climate. Drawing on literature, philosophy, popular culture, and community research, Loewen Walker unsettles the fierce linearity of our stories, particularly as they uphold fixed systems of gender, sexuality, and identity. Treading new ground for Deleuzian studies, this book focuses on the non-linearity of the living present to show that everything is within rather than outside of time. Through this critical re-evaluation, which takes in climate change, queer and trans politics, and Indigenous sovereignty, Queer and Deleuzian Temporalities "thickens" the present moment. By opening up multiple pasts and multiple futures we are invited to act with a deepened level of accountability to all possible timelines.

Rachel Loewen Walker is the Ariel F. Sallows Chair in Human Rights with the College of Law at the University of Saskatchewan, Canada.

This book is a vital becoming that innovates feminist and queer approaches to temporality and timekeeping. Putting Deleuze and Winterson in dialogue with a range of discourses, including queer theory, indigenous ways of knowing, philosophy, literature and experience, Walker makes a compelling argument for our living present. * Prudence Bussey-Chamberlain, Senior Lecturer, Royal Holloway University, UK * Walker's superbly written book strikes an impressive balance between intimacy and theoretical rigor. Incorporating indigenous, marginalized, and queer knowledges with Deleuzian temporality and new materialist insistence on the visceral thickness of experience, Walker carves out new political and ethical possibilities and vividly captures the interwoven complexity of the living present. * Janae Sholtz, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Alvernia University, USA *