The first collaborative effort of Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari, Anti-Oedipus is an exemplary critique of orthodox Psychoanalysis which revolutionized postmodernism.
Deleuze and Guattari's first collaborative effort, "Anti-Oedipus, " radicalized postmodernism and poststructuralist philosophy. Eugene W. Holland provides the first accessible and comprehensive introduction to this vastly complicated work..
Holland explores how Deleuze and Guattari negotiate the interactions between the three main materialist thinkers of modernity, Freud, Marx and Nietzsche, and examines the role of schizoanalysis, Deleuze and Guattari's radical materialist psychiatry. An indispensable guide to "Anti-Oedipus, " this book celebrates not only the importance and rigor of the philosophers' work, but also highlights its lasting implications in the continuous debates on marxism, environmentalism and feminism.
'Holland's introduction ... is suitable both for those who are reluctant to begin Anti-Oedipus due to its notorious reputation for complexity, and for those who are, even after four hundred pages of reading, not certain of its key concept. Holland states that his aim will have been achieved if readers want to turn to Anti-Oedipus after reading his introduction ... [if so] the book has admirably reached its aim not only at the end of the book but also at the end of every chapter.' - Psychoanalytical Studies