Deleuze and Guattari's 'Anti-Oedipus': A Reader's Guide (Reader's Guides)

182 Pages·2008·2.34 MB·English

by  Ian Buchanan

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DELEUZE AND GUATTARI'S
ANTI-OEDIPUS
A Reader's Guide
IAN BUCHANAN
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ISBN-10: HB: 0-8264-9148-0
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Buchanan, Ian, 1969—
Deleuze and Guattari's Anti-Oedipus: a reader's guide / Ian Buchanan.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.
ISBN 978-0-8264-9148-0 — ISBN 978-0-8264-9149-7 1. Deleuze,
Gilles, 1925-1995. 2. Guattari, Felix, 1930-1992. 3. Deleuze, Gilles,
1925-1995. Anti-OEdipe. 4. Social psychiatry. 5. Schizophrenia-Social
aspects. 6. Capitalism-Social aspects. I. Title.
RC455.B83 2008
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgements vm
A note on the text ix
Abbreviations X
1 Deleuze and Guattari in Context 1
When Gilles met Felix 2
May '68 7
Algeria, Vietnam, Italy . . . 12
2 Overview of Themes 20
Theory and Praxis 23
Renovating Psychoanalysis 27
3 Reading the Text 38
Desiring-Machines 38
Psychoanalysis and Familialism: The Holy Family 64
Savages, Barbarians, Civilized Men 88
Introduction to Schizoanalysis 116
4 Reception and Influence 133
Notes 140
Further Reading 152
Bibliography 158
Index 165
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I would particularly like to thank Hanjo Berressem and all the stu
dents who attended the 'Got no pappamummy' workshop on whom
I tried out a number of the ideas this book develops. I must thank,
too, Claire Colebrook, William Connolly, Sarah Campbell (my very
patient editor), Martin Fuglsang, Fredric Jameson, Christian
Kerslake, Gregg Lambert, John Marks, Negar Mottahedeh, Paul
Patton, Adrian Parr, Patricia Pisters, David Rodowick, Marc Rolli,
Horst Ruthrof, David Savat, Daniel W. Smith, Bent Meier S0rensen,
Marcel Swiboda, Nick Thoburn and James Williams - each, in their
own way, stimulated me to see Deleuze and Guattari's work
differently. None can be blamed for how differently I've seen things.
Again, I must thank Tanya Buchanan . . . we've gone a long way
baby, you and I.
Special thanks, too, to Courtney and Sebastian who mostly kept
the noise down, mostly.
Cardiff, May 2007
A NOTE ON THE TEXT
This book is a sequel to Deleuzism. It provides more detail on the
connection between Deleuze's work and dialectics, a connection that
I'm no longer the only one to see. But it also tries something
different, which I call 'practical Deleuzism'.