Capitalist-Driven Versus Driving Capitalism: Understanding Reterritorialization of Capitalism and Deterritorialization of Revisionism

This paper examines revisionist interpretation of capitalism in postcolonial Pakistan from the philosophical glasses of an eminent late twentieth century French Post-Structuralist Gilles Deleuze. Capitalist machine, Deleuze argues, is the only machine in history that deterritorializes the existing codes and then reterritorializes them with capital. It implies that capitalism extracts profit from all existing forms of life. Using Deleuze’s elaboration of reterritorializing capitalism, I will critique Muslim revisionists defending capitalism to be consistent with Islamic law or using capitalism for advancing Islam. Key Words: Capitalism, Deterritorialization/Reterritorialization, Axiomatics, Codes, Revisionism, South Asian Islam.