Felix Guattari
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He was part of and founded many groups during his time including, the Association of Institutional Psychotherapy, Radio Tomate, La Voie Communiste and also founded the F.G.E.R.I., the Federation of Groups for Institutional Study and Researcg which represented his lifelong political commitments. | He was part of and founded many groups during his time including, the Association of Institutional Psychotherapy, Radio Tomate, La Voie Communiste and also founded the F.G.E.R.I., the Federation of Groups for Institutional Study and Researcg which represented his lifelong political commitments. | ||
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| + | == Anti-Oedipus (1972) with Gilles Deleuze == | ||
| + | Felix Guattari met several other social philosophers and activists that shared some of his ideas. However, short after the events of may 1968 in Paris, he met the philosopher Gilles Deleuze at the University of Vincennes. This meeting seems to be a crucial point in the life of Guattari. With Gilles Deleuze, Guattari creates and publishes several works: | ||
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| + | Anti-Oedipus (1972), Kafka: pour une littérature mineure (1975), Mille Plateaus (1980) and Qu'est-ce que la philosophie? (1991). | ||
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| + | Anti-Oedipus (1972) is the first-fruit of a remarkable and long-lasting collaboration between the two. It appears to be their most important work since it is their bestseller. Many other great thinkers refer to this product in their own work. For example Michel Foucault, who described this work as “an introduction to the non-fascist life” in his preface to the book. | ||
| + | Anti-Oedipus focuses on the relationship of desire to reality and to capitalist society in particular. The book is devided into four sections: | ||
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| + | 1. Materialist psychiatry and its modeling of the unconscious in its relationship with society and its productive processes. | ||
| + | 2. A critique of Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalysis that focuses on its theory of the Oedipus complex. | ||
| + | 3. A re-writing of Karl Marx’s materialist account of the history of society’s modes of production. | ||
| + | 4. "Schizo-analysis," a process meant to replace Sigmund Freud's interpretation with a more pragmatic, experimental, and collective approach rooted in reality. | ||
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| + | Although Guatarri published dozens of books and collections of essays himself and with other intellectuals, he remain in the shadow of Deleuze. | ||
Revision as of 14:42, 28 September 2011
Felix Guattari (1930-1992) was a French born philosopher. Guattari spent most of his career working in the clinic La Borde, which is an institutional psychiatric clinic, where he trained under Lcan, also a french philosopher. Guattari remained at La Borde until his death.
He was part of and founded many groups during his time including, the Association of Institutional Psychotherapy, Radio Tomate, La Voie Communiste and also founded the F.G.E.R.I., the Federation of Groups for Institutional Study and Researcg which represented his lifelong political commitments.
Anti-Oedipus (1972) with Gilles Deleuze
Felix Guattari met several other social philosophers and activists that shared some of his ideas. However, short after the events of may 1968 in Paris, he met the philosopher Gilles Deleuze at the University of Vincennes. This meeting seems to be a crucial point in the life of Guattari. With Gilles Deleuze, Guattari creates and publishes several works:
Anti-Oedipus (1972), Kafka: pour une littérature mineure (1975), Mille Plateaus (1980) and Qu'est-ce que la philosophie? (1991).
Anti-Oedipus (1972) is the first-fruit of a remarkable and long-lasting collaboration between the two. It appears to be their most important work since it is their bestseller. Many other great thinkers refer to this product in their own work. For example Michel Foucault, who described this work as “an introduction to the non-fascist life” in his preface to the book. Anti-Oedipus focuses on the relationship of desire to reality and to capitalist society in particular. The book is devided into four sections:
1. Materialist psychiatry and its modeling of the unconscious in its relationship with society and its productive processes. 2. A critique of Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalysis that focuses on its theory of the Oedipus complex. 3. A re-writing of Karl Marx’s materialist account of the history of society’s modes of production. 4. "Schizo-analysis," a process meant to replace Sigmund Freud's interpretation with a more pragmatic, experimental, and collective approach rooted in reality.
Although Guatarri published dozens of books and collections of essays himself and with other intellectuals, he remain in the shadow of Deleuze.
