Abstract

ALBUQUERQUE, Alana Soares  and  FONSECA, Tania Mara Galli. The Notion of the Future in Deleuze's Philosophy and Decolonial Thought: Some Approaches. Rev. Subj. [online]. 2021, vol.21, n.2, pp. 1-12. ISSN 2359-0769.  http://dx.doi.org/10.5020/23590777.rs.v21i2.e8293.

This work aims to analyze how the notion of the future that Deleuze outlines in his philosophy of time can be related to decolonial thinking, especially when it refers to the possibility of imagining other futures not yet captured by the promises of modern utopias or by post-apocalyptic scenarios of technological dystopias. As a legacy of scientific and modern thought, the future has been hijacked by the most diverse techniques of prediction and anticipation. In the fictional territory, the imaginary futures of classic science fiction narratives were also colonized, as certain notions that are closely linked to a Eurocentric point of view have been predominant in this type of fiction, such as the notion of civilization, of "developed societies" or even humanity. For this reason, we emphasize the need to dissociate the future from finalist perspectives that fix it at a certain time to come. For this, we resorted to the concepts of "third synthesis of time" and "geophilosophy" elaborated by Deleuze (the second in partnership with Guattari), in an attempt to free the category of the future from the linear and chronological perspectives of time, emphasizing, on the other hand, its opening and multiplicity. From an approximation between this future approach and decolonial studies, we finally bet on a speculative perspective that includes uncertainty, to give birth to other versions of the future, not those already probable, but futures not yet thought of, other worlds that are, right now, also claiming for a call to existence.

Keywords : philosophy; time; story; future; decolonial thinking.

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