ABSTRACT
Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari’s concept of becoming-minoritarian or becoming-woman lays the centre of gravity of life in the margins, as does Jesus Christ. Buddhist meditation could be very close to what Deleuze means with “radical empiricism”; it is a way to express openness towards the world as a first step in the dissolution of the subject. For him, becoming and multiplicity are core aspects of reality—becoming is the ultimate reality, and multiplicity is an affirmation of unity. Deleuze and liberation theology share a vision on life that is connected to a praxis. Deleuzian liberation is not a liberation from the margins, but a liberation from identity. Through his readings of Spinoza, it becomes fully clear that Deleuze, when connected to religion and theology, supports a kind of pantheism. Deleuze provides us with a strong conception of community/collectivity that is non-hierarchical and liberative, and that enables us to think, to live, and to resist spiritually.
