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Anti-Oedipus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia

By Gilles Deleuze , Felix Guattari

Book information

Publisher
Univ Of Minnesota Press
Year
1983
ISBN
0816612250, 9780816612253
LCC
RC455 .D42213 1983
Open Library ID
OL3172509M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
17 MB (18212068 bytes)
Pages
213\213
Time added
2011-01-24 12:34:20

Description

An "introduction to the nonfascist life" (Michel Foucault, from the Preface) When it first appeared in France, Anti-Oedipus was hailed as a masterpiece by some and "a work of heretical madness" by others. In it, Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari set forth the following theory: Western society's innate herd instinct has allowed the government, the media, and even the principles of economics to take advantage of each person's unwillingness to be cut off from the group. What's more, those who suffer from mental disorders may not be insane, but could be individuals in the purest sense, because they are by nature isolated from society. More than twenty-five years after its original publication, Anti-Oedipus still stands as a controversial contribution to a much-needed dialogue on the nature of free thinking.

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