Deleuze and Guattari's Anti Oedipus: Introduction to Schizoanalysis
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Overview
Deleuze and Guattari's first collaborative effort, Anti-Oedipus, radicalized postmodernism and poststructuralist philosophy. Eugene W. Holland provides the first accessible and comprehensive introduction to this vastly complicated work..Holland explores how Deleuze and Guattari negotiate the interactions between the three main materialist thinkers of modernity, Freud, Marx and Nietzsche, and examines the role of schizoanalysis, Deleuze and Guattari's radical materialist psychiatry. An indispensable guide to Anti-Oedipus, this book celebrates not only the importance and rigor of the philosophers' work, but also highlights its lasting implications in the continuous debates on marxism, environmentalism and feminism.
Synopsis
Eugene W. Holland provides an excellent introduction to Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari's Anti-Oedipus which is widely recognized as one of the most influential texts in philosophy to have appeared in the last thirty years.
He lucidly presents the theoretical concerns behind Anti-Oedipus and explores with clarity the diverse influences of Marx, Freud, Nietzsche and Kant on the development of Deleuze & Guattari's thinking. He also examines the wider implications of their work in revitalizing Marxism, environmentalism, feminism and cultural studies.
Booknews
(the first of the two volume set, ) is one of the more important philosophy texts of the last 30 years, the first of several collaborations by Deleuze (philosophy, U. of Paris) and the now deceased Guattari (psychiatrist/psychoanalyst). Holland (French and comparative literature, Ohio State U.) provides a guide to D&G's text, investigating the manner in which D&G negotiate the interactions between the three main materialist thinkers of modernity<-->Freud, Marx, and Nietzsche<-->and use schizoanalysis (which Holland likens to jazz because it provides content beyond its initial statement) to revitalize Marxism, environmentalism, feminism, and cultural studies. Holland's book is not intended to be a critical text but an aid to D&G's. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)