Deleuze and the Kantian Problematic.

Gilles Deleuze had a life-long interest in Kant. To provide a new perspective on Deleuze?s political theory, to facilitate a conversation between Continental and Anglo-American political theorists, and to promote a certain way to be Kantian, I track how Deleuze interprets and transforms Kant?s contested legacy (or what I call the Kantian problematic). In this essay, I show how Deleuze reworks four key moves of the Kantian problematic: the identification of the problem, the engagement with common sense, the construction of principles, and the learning of principles. In the conclusion, I contest the thesis ? advanced by Paul Patton, Michael Hardt, and Philip Goodchild ? that Deleuze views Kant primarily as ?an enemy.? My claim, instead, is that Deleuze (like Foucault) cherishes the Kantian critical ethos even as he disavows Kant?s moral doctrines. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]