Felix Guattari: A Critical Introduction

By Gary Genosko

This is an introduction to the thought of the radical French thinker F lix 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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745328202
• ISBN13: 9780745328201
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.3" x 8.4"