The Anti-Oedipus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia
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Anti-Oedipus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia is a 1972 work by Gilles Deleuze and FĂ©lix Guattari. It critiques traditional psychoanalysis, particularly the Oedipus complex, arguing that it suppresses human desire and serves to maintain the capitalist system. The authors propose "schizoanalysis" as an alternative, viewing individuals as "desiring machines" rather than ego-driven subjects. They suggest that schizophrenia represents a form of rebellion against societal control. The book is the first volume of their larger work, Capitalism and Schizophrenia.12
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- Pierre-FĂ©lix Guattari
In volume 1, Anti-Oedipus (1972), they drew on Lacanian ideas to argue that traditional psychoanalytic conceptions of the structure of personality are used to suppress and control human desire and indirectly to perpetuate the capitalist system. Schizophrenia, they continued, constitutes one of the few authentic forms of rebellionâŠ
Read MoreIn volume 1, Anti-Oedipus (1972), they drew on Lacanian ideas to argue that traditional psychoanalytic conceptions of the structure of personality are used to suppress and control human desire and indirectly to perpetuate the capitalist system. Schizophrenia, they continued, constitutes one of the few authentic forms of rebellionâŠ
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Anti-Oedipus (1972), the first volume of a two-volume work (Capitalism and Schizophrenia) written with the radical psychoanalyst FĂ©lix Guattari (1930â92), is an extended attack on traditional psychoanalysis and the concept of the Oedipus complex, which the authors contend has been used to suppress human desireâŠ
Read MoreAnti-Oedipus (1972), the first volume of a two-volume work (Capitalism and Schizophrenia) written with the radical psychoanalyst FĂ©lix Guattari (1930â92), is an extended attack on traditional psychoanalysis and the concept of the Oedipus complex, which the authors contend has been used to suppress human desireâŠ
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