Anti-Oedipus
Capitalism and Schizophrenia
By Gilles Deleuze; Felix Guattari; Michel Foucault (Preface by); Mark Seem (Introduction by); Robert Hurley (Translator); Mark Seem (Translator); Helen Lane (Translator)
(Penguin Classics, Paperback, 9780143105824, 432pp.)
Publication Date: May 26, 2009
Other Editions of This Title: Paperback
Categories: History & Surveys - Modern
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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.
" Renders palpable the metaphor of the unconscious as a worker, and does it in a brilliant, appropriately nutty way."
-The New Republic
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