Chaosophy is an introduction to Felix Guattari's
groundbreaking theories of ''schizo-analysis'': a
process meant to replace Freudian interpretation with a
more pragmatic, experimental, and collective approach
rooted in reality. Unlike Freud, who utilized neuroses
as his working model, Guattari adopted the model of
schizophrenia--which he believed to be an extreme mental
state induced by the capitalist system itself, and one
that enforces neurosis as a way of maintaining
normality. Guattari's post-Marxist vision of capitalism
provides a new definition not only of mental illness,
but also of the micropolitical means for its subversion.
Chaosophy includes such provocative pieces as
''Everybody Wants to Be a Fascist,'' a group of texts on
Guattari's collaborative work with Gilles Deleuze
(including the appendix to Anti-Oedipus, not available
in the English edition), and ''How Martians Make Love,''
a roundtable discussion with Guattari, Lotringer,
Catherine Clement, and Serge Leclaire from 1972 (still
unpublished in French).This new, expanded edition
features a new introduction by Francois Dosse (author of
a new biography of Guattari and Gilles Deleuze) and a
range of additional essays, including ''Franco Basaglia:
Guerrilla Psychiatrist,'' ''The Transference,''
''Semiological Subjection, Semiotic Enslavement,'' ''The
Place of the Signifier in the Institution,'' and ''Three
Billion Perverts on the Stand.'' |
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