Praise for Gary Genosko's previous book, Felix Guattari: An Aberrant
Introduction:
'Genosko skillfully presents the semiotic, psychiatric, and political
underpinnings of Guattari's philosophy and activism.'
Brian Massumi, University of Montreal
This is an introduction to the thought of the radical French thinker
Félix Guattari. It is ideal for undergraduates and anyone studying
political and cultural theory.
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.
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, with whom he wrote
the hugely influential books Anti-Oedipus and A Thousand Plateaus. He
also wrote with Antonio Negri and others.
This accessible introduction explores his highly original ideas --
including his ground-breaking conception of 'transversal politics' --
and the impact his concern with subjectivity had on wider political
theory.
