Simone Bignall
Biographic Data
| ID | 642336 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Simone Bignall |
| GIVEN NAMES | Simone |
| FAMILY NAME | Bignall |
| SIGNATURE | BIGNALL S |
| AFFILIATIONS | UNSW Sydney |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8020-9418 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 26 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
On a People to Come: Exit Colonialism
This reflection on Deleuze’s philosophical legacy considers the idea of ‘a Life’ applied to the problem of postcolonial nationhood and the exit-lines that open when settler-colonial societies are understood as present embodiments of an infinitely multiple heterogenetic system
Vibrant Death: A Posthuman Phenomenology of Mourning
Vibrant Death links philosophy and poetry-based, corpo-affectively grounded knowledge seeking. It offers a radically new materialist theory of death, critically moving the philosophical argument beyond Christian and secular-mechanistic understandings. The book’s ethico-political figuration of vibrant death is shaped through a pluriversal conversation between Deleuzean philosophy, neo-vitalist materialism and the spiritual materialism of decolonia…
Césaire and Senghor alongside Deleuze: Post-Imperial Multiplicity, Virtual Assemblages, and the Cosmopolitan Ethics of Négritude
Imperfection, impropriety and inconsequence: A Postcolonial Ethics of Becoming-Common
Three Ecosophies for the Anthropocene: Environmental Governance, Continental Posthumanism and Indigenous Expressivism
To facilitate engagement across diverse philosophical cultures, this paper expands points of alliance between the ‘ecosophical’ perspectives shared by Deleuzo-Guattarian posthumanism and by Indigenous thought, here exemplified by the expressivist philosophy of Ngarrindjeri Yannarumi or ‘Speaking as Country’. Indigenous philosophies of existential interconnectivity resist simple incorporation into the Western ‘post’-humanism that they in fact prec…
The Postcolonial Time That Remains
Sovereign authority to establish the colony of South Australia was given by Letters Patent (1836), signed by King William IV. The Letters Patent made explicit provision for the recognition and protection of Indigenous rights and interests in traditional lands and waters, establishing the basis for a peaceable and respectful interaction between Indigenous and settler societies. However, the preexisting sovereignty of Indigenous peoples was not res…
Negotiating Indigenous Modernity: Kungun Ngarrindjeri Yunnan-Listen to Ngarrindjeri speak
The objective of this article is to compare Indigenous and Western modernities by examining how contemporary Indigenous polities are finding inventive ways to assert their sovereignty. Our discussion presents an innovation in Indigenous governance introduced recently by the Ngarrindjeri people in Southern Australia. We explain the conditions in which Ngarrindjeri initiated their process of political reformation; we link our analysis to critiques …
The collaborative struggle for excolonialism
In modern and contemporary critical politics, social transformation is conceptualised primarily in terms of struggle and opposition rather than collaboration. If collaboration is possible, it acts always in the service of an overriding political conflict that is the celebrated motor of social change. This kind of political engagement is limiting when considered from the transformative perspective of ‘excolonialism’, which I conceive as an ‘exit f…
Reconciling Replicas: The Second Coming of the Duyfken
Until recently, history as written by the 'victors' has been nothing more than repeated efforts to capture a certain slant of truth in order to (re)territorialise the position of 'white' dominance in this country. The re-enactment of historical events can be instrumental in the re-presentation of this privileged history. The re-enacted landing of the replica ship Duyfken in August 2000 was marked by an important shift in attitude for at least one…
Potential Postcoloniality: Sacred Life, Profanation and the Coming Community
Agamben and Colonialism
12 new essays evaluating Agamben's work from a postcolonial perspective Svirsky and Bignall assemble leading figures to explore the rich philosophical linkages and the political concerns shared by Agamben and postcolonial theory. Agamben's theories of the 'state of exception' and 'bare life' are situated in critical relation to the existence of these phenomena in the colonial/postcolonial world. Key Features * Features an international set of exp…
Dismantling the Face: Pluralism and the Politics of Recognition
Plural expressions of ‘belonging’ in postcolonial and multicultural societies give particular emphasis to a politics of cultural recognition. Recognition is also important for group self-concept and cohesion, and so plays a vital role in the creation of stable platforms for political resistance. This essay explores Deleuze and Guattari's concept of ‘faciality’ and their implied critique of the politics of recognition. I argue that their rejection…
Postcolonial Agency: Critique and Constructivism
Deleuze and the Postcolonial
Chapter 4 Affective Assemblages: Ethics beyond Enjoyment
Postcolonial Agency: Critique and Constructivism
"This book complements and balances the attention given by postcolonial theory to the revitalisation and recognition of the agency of colonised peoples. It offers new conceptual scaffolding to those who have inherited the legacy of colonial privilege, and who now seek to responsibly transform this historical injustice. Simone Bignall attends to a minor tradition within Western philosophy including Spinoza, Nietzsche, Bergson and Deleuze, to argue…
Desire, Apathy and Activism
This paper explores the themes of apathy and activism by contrasting the conventionally negative concept of motivational desire-lack with Deleuze and Guattari's positive concept of ‘desiring-production’. I suggest that apathy and activism are both problematically tied to the same motivational force: the conventional negativity of desire, which results in a ‘split subject’ always already ‘undone’ by difference. The philosophy of positive desiring-…
Deleuze and foucault on desire and power
T]he analysis of desire, is immediately practical and political ... for politics precedes being.1 Critiques of colonialism and of associated forms of imperialism–territorial, cultural, epistemologic
Women in Development: A policy post-mortem
Deleuze and foucault on desire and power
T]he analysis of desire, is immediately practical and political ... for politics precedes being.1 Critiques of colonialism and of associated forms of imperialism–territorial, cultural, epistemologic
Dismantling the Face: Pluralism and the Politics of Recognition
Plural expressions of ‘belonging’ in postcolonial and multicultural societies give particular emphasis to a politics of cultural recognition. Recognition is also important for group self-concept and cohesion, and so plays a vital role in the creation of stable platforms for political resistance. This essay explores Deleuze and Guattari's concept of ‘faciality’ and their implied critique of the politics of recognition. I argue that their rejection…
Desire, Apathy and Activism
This paper explores the themes of apathy and activism by contrasting the conventionally negative concept of motivational desire-lack with Deleuze and Guattari's positive concept of ‘desiring-production’. I suggest that apathy and activism are both problematically tied to the same motivational force: the conventional negativity of desire, which results in a ‘split subject’ always already ‘undone’ by difference. The philosophy of positive desiring-…
Negotiating Indigenous Modernity: Kungun Ngarrindjeri Yunnan-Listen to Ngarrindjeri speak
The objective of this article is to compare Indigenous and Western modernities by examining how contemporary Indigenous polities are finding inventive ways to assert their sovereignty. Our discussion presents an innovation in Indigenous governance introduced recently by the Ngarrindjeri people in Southern Australia. We explain the conditions in which Ngarrindjeri initiated their process of political reformation; we link our analysis to critiques …
Reconciling Replicas: The Second Coming of the Duyfken
Until recently, history as written by the 'victors' has been nothing more than repeated efforts to capture a certain slant of truth in order to (re)territorialise the position of 'white' dominance in this country. The re-enactment of historical events can be instrumental in the re-presentation of this privileged history. The re-enacted landing of the replica ship Duyfken in August 2000 was marked by an important shift in attitude for at least one…
Women in Development: A policy post-mortem
Women in Development: A policy post-mortem
Deleuze and foucault on desire and power
T]he analysis of desire, is immediately practical and political ... for politics precedes being.1 Critiques of colonialism and of associated forms of imperialism–territorial, cultural, epistemologic
Postcolonial Agency: Critique and Constructivism
Deleuze and the Postcolonial
Chapter 4 Affective Assemblages: Ethics beyond Enjoyment
Postcolonial Agency: Critique and Constructivism
"This book complements and balances the attention given by postcolonial theory to the revitalisation and recognition of the agency of colonised peoples. It offers new conceptual scaffolding to those who have inherited the legacy of colonial privilege, and who now seek to responsibly transform this historical injustice. Simone Bignall attends to a minor tradition within Western philosophy including Spinoza, Nietzsche, Bergson and Deleuze, to argue…
Desire, Apathy and Activism
This paper explores the themes of apathy and activism by contrasting the conventionally negative concept of motivational desire-lack with Deleuze and Guattari's positive concept of ‘desiring-production’. I suggest that apathy and activism are both problematically tied to the same motivational force: the conventional negativity of desire, which results in a ‘split subject’ always already ‘undone’ by difference. The philosophy of positive desiring-…
Potential Postcoloniality: Sacred Life, Profanation and the Coming Community
Agamben and Colonialism
12 new essays evaluating Agamben's work from a postcolonial perspective Svirsky and Bignall assemble leading figures to explore the rich philosophical linkages and the political concerns shared by Agamben and postcolonial theory. Agamben's theories of the 'state of exception' and 'bare life' are situated in critical relation to the existence of these phenomena in the colonial/postcolonial world. Key Features * Features an international set of exp…
Dismantling the Face: Pluralism and the Politics of Recognition
Plural expressions of ‘belonging’ in postcolonial and multicultural societies give particular emphasis to a politics of cultural recognition. Recognition is also important for group self-concept and cohesion, and so plays a vital role in the creation of stable platforms for political resistance. This essay explores Deleuze and Guattari's concept of ‘faciality’ and their implied critique of the politics of recognition. I argue that their rejection…
Reconciling Replicas: The Second Coming of the Duyfken
Until recently, history as written by the 'victors' has been nothing more than repeated efforts to capture a certain slant of truth in order to (re)territorialise the position of 'white' dominance in this country. The re-enactment of historical events can be instrumental in the re-presentation of this privileged history. The re-enacted landing of the replica ship Duyfken in August 2000 was marked by an important shift in attitude for at least one…
The collaborative struggle for excolonialism
In modern and contemporary critical politics, social transformation is conceptualised primarily in terms of struggle and opposition rather than collaboration. If collaboration is possible, it acts always in the service of an overriding political conflict that is the celebrated motor of social change. This kind of political engagement is limiting when considered from the transformative perspective of ‘excolonialism’, which I conceive as an ‘exit f…
The Postcolonial Time That Remains
Sovereign authority to establish the colony of South Australia was given by Letters Patent (1836), signed by King William IV. The Letters Patent made explicit provision for the recognition and protection of Indigenous rights and interests in traditional lands and waters, establishing the basis for a peaceable and respectful interaction between Indigenous and settler societies. However, the preexisting sovereignty of Indigenous peoples was not res…
Negotiating Indigenous Modernity: Kungun Ngarrindjeri Yunnan-Listen to Ngarrindjeri speak
The objective of this article is to compare Indigenous and Western modernities by examining how contemporary Indigenous polities are finding inventive ways to assert their sovereignty. Our discussion presents an innovation in Indigenous governance introduced recently by the Ngarrindjeri people in Southern Australia. We explain the conditions in which Ngarrindjeri initiated their process of political reformation; we link our analysis to critiques …
Three Ecosophies for the Anthropocene: Environmental Governance, Continental Posthumanism and Indigenous Expressivism
To facilitate engagement across diverse philosophical cultures, this paper expands points of alliance between the ‘ecosophical’ perspectives shared by Deleuzo-Guattarian posthumanism and by Indigenous thought, here exemplified by the expressivist philosophy of Ngarrindjeri Yannarumi or ‘Speaking as Country’. Indigenous philosophies of existential interconnectivity resist simple incorporation into the Western ‘post’-humanism that they in fact prec…
Imperfection, impropriety and inconsequence: A Postcolonial Ethics of Becoming-Common
Césaire and Senghor alongside Deleuze: Post-Imperial Multiplicity, Virtual Assemblages, and the Cosmopolitan Ethics of Négritude
Vibrant Death: A Posthuman Phenomenology of Mourning
Vibrant Death links philosophy and poetry-based, corpo-affectively grounded knowledge seeking. It offers a radically new materialist theory of death, critically moving the philosophical argument beyond Christian and secular-mechanistic understandings. The book’s ethico-political figuration of vibrant death is shaped through a pluriversal conversation between Deleuzean philosophy, neo-vitalist materialism and the spiritual materialism of decolonia…
On a People to Come: Exit Colonialism
This reflection on Deleuze’s philosophical legacy considers the idea of ‘a Life’ applied to the problem of postcolonial nationhood and the exit-lines that open when settler-colonial societies are understood as present embodiments of an infinitely multiple heterogenetic system
Sociology (14 works) · Political science (11 works) · Epistemology (8 works) · Philosophy (7 works) · Aesthetics (6 works) · History (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Politics (6 works) · Social science (5 works) · Art (4 works)