Chaosophy : Texts and Interviews 1972–1977 Paperback / softback
by Felix Guattari
Edited by Sylvere (Foreign Agents editor) Lotringer
Part of the Chaosophy series
Paperback / softback
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Groundbreaking essays that introduce Guattari's theories of "schizo-analysis," in an expanded edition. Chaosophy is an introduction to Felix Guattari's groundbreaking theories of "schizo-analysis": a process meant to replace Freudian interpretation with a more pragmatic, experimental, and collective approach rooted in reality.
Unlike Freud, who utilized neuroses as his working model, Guattari adopted the model of schizophrenia-which he believed to be an extreme mental state induced by the capitalist system itself, and one that enforces neurosis as a way of maintaining normality.
Guattari's post-Marxist vision of capitalism provides a new definition not only of mental illness, but also of the micropolitical means for its subversion.
Chaosophy includes such provocative pieces as "Everybody Wants to Be a Fascist," a group of texts on Guattari's collaborative work with Gilles Deleuze (including the appendix to Anti-Oedipus, not available in the English edition), and "How Martians Make Love," a roundtable discussion with Guattari, Lotringer, Catherine Clement, and Serge Leclaire from 1972 (still unpublished in French).
This new, expanded edition features a new introduction by Francois Dosse (author of a new biography of Guattari and Gilles Deleuze) and a range of additional essays, including "Franco Basaglia: Guerrilla Psychiatrist," "The Transference," "Semiological Subjection, Semiotic Enslavement," "The Place of the Signifier in the Institution," and "Three Billion Perverts on the Stand."
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:336 pages
- Publisher:Autonomedia
- Publication Date:14/11/2008
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- ISBN:9781584350606
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In Stock - low on stock, only 1 copy remainingFree UK DeliveryEstimated delivery 2-3 working days
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:336 pages
- Publisher:Autonomedia
- Publication Date:14/11/2008
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- ISBN:9781584350606