The Anti-Oedipus Papers Explained

The Anti-Œdipus Papers
Translator:Kélina Gotman
Editor:Stéphane Nadaud
Author:Félix Guattari
Country:France
Language:French
Subjects:Psychoanalysis
Philosophy
Publisher:Semiotext(e)
Published:March 2006
Media Type:Print (Paperback)
Pages:384
Isbn:9781584350316

The Anti-Œdipus Papers is a collection of journal entries and notes written between 1969 and 1973[1] by the French philosopher and psychotherapist Félix Guattari. These notes, addressed to Gilles Deleuze by Guattari in preparation for their then-upcoming work, Anti-Oedipus.

The papers reveal Guattari as an inventive, highly analytical, mathematically-minded “conceptor,” arguably one of the most prolific and enigmatic figures in philosophy and sociopolitical theory today.[2] As a whole, the papers serve to expand upon, and propose their own, psychoanalytic theory, they are supplemented by journal entries explaining the relationships between Guattari and many of his companions including Deleuze, Jacques Lacan, and Jean Oury.

Notes and References

  1. Nadaud (2006, 11)
  2. Web site: The Anti-Œdipus Papers. The MIT Press. 28 March 2023.