The aim of the work is to examine the relationship between the concepts of “immanence” and “politics” in the works of Hegel and Deleuze. Both Hegel and Deleuze are thinkers of immanence and they explicitly think this concept in relation to the problem of political practice. As I show, they attempt to “ground” politics in immanence.

The purpose of this work is to prove that there exists an inherent paradox in the undertaking to “ground” politics in immanence. Both philosophers are confronted with a paradox that emerges from this “grounding”.

The paradox appears in the form of natural violence. Both authors fail to contain this violence through arguments. In order to show this, I examine the relationship between two further concepts: history and the state. I compare Hegel’s and Deleuze’s formulations of world-history and universal history, tracing the analogies and differences in how they think the relationship of the state to history. Based on the conclusions I then focus on the relationship of politics to immanence. The paradox of natural violence, I show, emerges from the relationship of the state at the “end of history”.

Das Vorhaben meiner Arbeit ist es, das Verhältnis von Staat und Geschichte in der Philosophie Hegels und Deleuzes zu untersuchen. Dieses Verhältnis ist, wie gezeigt werden soll, von der Problematik der Immanenz geprägt. Aus dem Denken der Immanenz, das bei beiden Philosophen im Zentrum ihres Werkes steht, geht eine bestimmte Konzeption der Politik hervor. Diese Konzeption beruht auf der Idee der Grenze des Handelns, die in den Begriffen Staat und Geschichte artikuliert wird. Meine Arbeit geht der Frage nach, ob die Begründung der Politik in der Immanenz bei Hegel und Deleuze in Paradox endet.