Deleuze and Guattari: An Introduction to the Politics of Desire (Published in association with Theory, Culture & Society)

This accessible book examines critically the writings of Deleuze and Guattari, clarifying the ideas of these two notoriously difficult thinkers without over-simplifying them. Divided into three sections - Knowledge, Power, and Liberation of Desire - the book provides a systematic account of the intellectual context as well as an exhaustive analysis of the key themes informing Deleuze and Guattari′s work. It provides the framework for reading the important and influential study Capitalism and Schizophrenia and, with the needs of students in mind, explains the key concepts in Deleuze and Guattari′s discussion of philosophy, art and politics. Definitive and incisive, the book will be invaluable in situating the philosophy of these two major figures within the perspective of the social and human sciences. Machine generated contents note: PART I KNOWLEDGE 1 The Emergence of Desire Problem 2: Crack open words Hume Problem 3: On truth and illusion Bergson Nieizsche Problem 4: On judgement and justice Spinoza Conclusion 2 The Abstract Machine; Problem 5: On knowing the social unconscious The Plane of Immanence The Creation of Concepts Conceptual Personae 3 Geophilosophy PART II POWER 4 Capitalism and Schizophrenia Problem 6: On psychogenesis and perversion Psychic Repression The Psychic Production of Oedipus Social Repression The Social Production of Oedipus 5 Escaping Dominant Discourses Oedipalized Representation Theoretical Discourses Structuralism Deconstruction Manxism Psychoanalysis Nietzscheanism Foucault Feminism Postnmodernism Conclusion 6 Against the Strata Problem 7: On materialism Subjectification Signifiance Organization and Segmentarity PART III LIBERATION OF DESIRE 7 The Revolution of Desire The Schizoanalytic Unconscious Becoming-Revolutionary The War-Machine Problem 8 On the revaluation of values 8 The Liberation of Work Repression of Work Work and Art Art ad Liberation 9 The Society of Desire Collective Activity The Illusion of Ends Virtual Utopia of Immanence Problem 9: Oh ethics and becoming-Deleuzean Couclusion.

This accessible book examines critically the writings of Deleuze and Guattari, clarifying the ideas of these two notoriously difficult thinkers without over-simplifying them.

Divided into three sections - Knowledge, Power, and Liberation of Desire - the book provides a systematic account of the intellectual context as well as an exhaustive analysis of the key themes informing Deleuze and Guattari's work. It provides the framework for reading the important and influential study Capitalism and Schizophrenia and, with the needs of students in mind, explains the key concepts in Deleuze and Guattari's discussion of philosophy, art and politics. Definitive and incisive, the book will be invaluable in situating the philosop

Cover Contents Preface Introduction: Knowledge, Power, Desire Problem 1: What is Philosophy ? Part 1 - Knowledge Chapter 1 - The Emergence of Desire Chapter 2 - The Abstract Machine Chapter 3 - Geophilosophy Part II - Power Chapter 4 - Capitalism and Schizophrenia Chapter 5 - Escaping Dominant Discourses Chapter 6 - Against the Strata Part III - Liberation of Desire Chapter 7 - The Revolution of Desire Chapter 8 - The Liberation of Work Chapter 9 - The Society of Desire Conclusion References Glossary Index Introduction: Knowledge, Power, Desire -- 1. The Emergence Of Desire -- 2. The Abstract Machine -- 3. Geophilosophy -- 4. Capitalism And Schizophrenia -- 5. Escaping Dominant Discourses -- 6. Against The Strata -- 7. The Revolution Of Desire -- 8. The Liberation Of Work -- 9. The Society Of Desire. Philip Goodchild. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [214]-216) And Index. Divided into three sections - knowledge, power and desire - this book provides a systematic account of the intellectual context and an exhaustive analysis of the key themes informing Deleuze and Guattari's work