Félix Guattari
A Critical Introduction
Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Political, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Politics, History & Theory
| Author: | Gary Genosko | ISBN: | 9781783714506 |
| Publisher: | Pluto Press | Publication: | April 20, 2009 |
| Imprint: | Pluto Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Gary Genosko |
| ISBN: | 9781783714506 |
| Publisher: | Pluto Press |
| Publication: | April 20, 2009 |
| Imprint: | Pluto Press |
| Language: | English |
This is an introduction to the thought of the radical French thinker Félix Guattari.*BR**BR*Guattari's main works were published in the 1970s and 1980s. His background was in psychoanalysis -- he was trained by Lacan and he practised as a psychoanalyst for much of his life. He developed a distinctive psychoanalytic method informed always by his revolutionary politics.*BR**BR*Guattari was actively involved in numerous political movements, from Trotskyism to Autonomism, tackling ecological and sexual politics along the way. A true believer in collectivity, much of his work was written in collaboration, most famously with Gilles Deleuze.*BR**BR*This is also an introduction to key concepts such as schizoanalysis, transversality, a-signifying semiotics and various kinds of machine.
This is an introduction to the thought of the radical French thinker Félix Guattari.*BR**BR*Guattari's main works were published in the 1970s and 1980s. His background was in psychoanalysis -- he was trained by Lacan and he practised as a psychoanalyst for much of his life. He developed a distinctive psychoanalytic method informed always by his revolutionary politics.*BR**BR*Guattari was actively involved in numerous political movements, from Trotskyism to Autonomism, tackling ecological and sexual politics along the way. A true believer in collectivity, much of his work was written in collaboration, most famously with Gilles Deleuze.*BR**BR*This is also an introduction to key concepts such as schizoanalysis, transversality, a-signifying semiotics and various kinds of machine.
