Deleuze and Guattari's Anti-Oedipus: a reader's guide

Buchanan, Ian

Deleuze and Guattari's Anti-Oedipus: a reader's guide - New York Continuum 2008 - xii, 168 p.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 140-164) and index.

Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari's Anti-Oedipus is the first part of a two volume project entitled Capitalism and Schizophrenia. Challenging the twin orthodoxies of Lacanian psychoanalysis and Althusserian Marxism, Anti-Oedipus is an important and exciting, yet challenging piece of philosophical writing.Ian Buchanan's Reader's Guide to Anti-Oedipus is the ideal companion to one of the twentieth-century's most influential philosophical works. It provides informed and accessible guidance on: Philosophical and historical context; Key themes; Reading the text; Reception and influence; and, Further reading.Continuum Reader's Guides are clear, concise and accessible introductions to key texts in literature and philosophy. Each book explores the themes, context, criticism and influence of key works, providing a practical introduction to close reading, guiding students towards a thorough understanding of the text.

9781846841712


Deleuze, Gilles
Social psychiatry
Capitalism - social aspects
Schizophrenia - Social aspects

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