Chaosophy

Texts and Interviews 1972–1977

Félix Guattari, Sylvère Lotringer (Foreign Agents editor), François Dosse

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French

Massachusetts Inst of Tec
14 November 2008

Philosophy; Western philosophy, from c 1900 -

Series: Chaosophy

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Make Love,"" a roundtable discussion with Guattari, Lotringer, Catherine Clement, and Serge Leclaire from 1972 (still unpublished in French).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 Fran ois 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.""

By: Félix Guattari
Introduction by: François Dosse
Edited by: Sylvère Lotringer (Foreign Agents editor)
Imprint: Massachusetts Inst of Tec
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 24mm
Weight: 499g
ISBN: 9781584350606
ISBN 10: 1584350601
Series: Chaosophy
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 14 November 2008
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Further / Higher Education , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Felix Guattari (1930-1992), post-'68 French psychoanalyst and philosopher, is the author of Anti-Oedipus (with Gilles Deleuze), and a number of books published by Semiotext(e), including The Anti-Oedipus Papers (2006) and Chaosophy (new edition, 2008). Sylvere Lotringer, general editor of Semiotext(e), lives in New York and Baja, California. He is the author of Overexposed: Perverting Perversions (Semiotext(e), 2007).

Reviews for Chaosophy: Texts and Interviews 1972–1977

This book can not only be seen to serve as a concise introduction to Guattari's style of thought, but also as a valuable addition to the Continental canon as a snapshot in the direction of French thought after the turbulence of May '68. -Andrew Aitken, Metapsychology