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S o c ia lD e m o c ra tsa n dE u ro -C o m m u n is tsv is - i- v isth eS ta te
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S tn tc tu re sa n dP ro c e s s e s
G lo s s a ry
In d e x
ln tro d u c tio n
A tp re s e n t,F d lix G u a tta r i is u n d o u b te d lyb e s tk n o w n in th e E n g lis h - s p e a k in g
w o rld fro mh is h rs t w o rk w ith G ille s D e le u z e (tg lz ),r r a n s l a r e d a sC a p ita lis m
a n dS c h ip p h r e n ia
: TheA n ti-O e d ip u s .
W ith
th is c o lle c tio n o ft r a n s l a t e d e s s a y s , d e r i v e d f r o m
tw o b o o k s ,P s 7 -
c h a n a ly s e
e ttra n s u e rs a litd
(M a s p e ro , r 9 7 e ) a n d L a R ir a L u tio n m o lic u la ir e
(E d itio n s
R e c h e rc h e s ,
S d rie s'E n c r e '
,tg 7 7 ),re a d e rsw illnow havea n o p p o rtu n ityt o
b e c o m ea c q u a i n t e dw ith G u a t t a r i ' s e a r l i e s t n o n - c o n j o i n t w r i t i n g s .The essays
fro m th e firs t b o o k ra n g eo v e rth e ,v e a rs r g 5 5 to rg 7 o .L a R ir)llu tio nm o h ic u la ir e ,
a l t h o u g h p u b l i s h e di nr9 7 7 , w a s ' c o n d e n s e d
a n d a u g m e n te d 'ina v e rs io no f
rg 8 o (E d itio n sro lr8 ).I n
t9 7 9 G u a tta ri p u b lis h e da
m ores y s te m a tic ,
th e o r e tic a l w o r k , L 'ln c o n s c ie n t
m a c h in iq u e( E d itio n sR e c h e rc h e s ).W ith
D e-
le u z e h e h a s a is o w ritte ntw o s h o rte rb o o k s : K a J k a :p lu ru n elittira tu rem in e u re
(r9 7 5 ) a n d R h i< o m e s
(rg Z 6 ),b o th w ithE d itio n s lr,{in u it,w o rk so f rra n s itio n
b u t b o th in flu e n tia l, b e fo re th e s e c o n dv o lu m e o f C a p ita lis ma n dS c h i4 p h r e n ia ,
M ille P la te a u x .
n o tv e ttra n s la te d .
T h e e s s a y stra n s ia re din th is v o lu m e in c lu d e p r in c ip a llya rtic le sth a tw o u ld
b e c o n s id e re dp o litic a l (inaw id e s e n s eo f th is te rm ) ra rh e rlh a n p h ilo s o -
p h ic a l,b u t in
th e
tra d itio n
o f G u a tta ria n d
D e le u z e th e re c a n
b e
n o
c o m p a r lm e n ta liz a tio n
o f
d is c ip lin e s :p h ilo s o p h y ,
p o litic s ,
s tru c tu ra lis t
lin g u is tic s , p s y c h o a n a ly s is ( o rra rh e r its
u n d o in g ),m ic r o - s o c io lo g y-
a ll
lro n tie rsa re v io la te db u t v io la te do n p r in c ip le .
T h is p ra c tic e s im p lyp u s h e s ina m o re ra d ic a ld ir e c tio n w h a t is in fa c t a n
e s ta b lis h e dtra d itio n in
F re n c h in te lle c tu a llife in
th isc e n tu ry :th a t o n e
s h o u ld s tra d d lein a s u iF c ie n tly
'm a g is te r ia l'm a n n e ra t le a s ttw o d is c ip lin e s .
T h u s G e o r g e s C a n g u i l h e mc o m b in e sp h iio s o p h ic a l
w o rk w ith th ea n a ly s iso f
th e c a te g o rie so fm e d ic a lth o u g h ta n dth e h is to ry o f b i o l o g i c a lc o n c e p t s ; J e a n
T o u s s a in t D e s a n ti, w h o
s ta rte d o ff in
p h ilo s o p h y ,b e c a m ea p r o le s s io n a l
m a t h e m a t i c i a ni no rd e r to p u rs u eh is s o r to f p h ilo s o p h ym o re e fle c tiv e ly .
T h e
p o ly m a th yo f F o u c a u lt a n d
Reni Thom
is a lr e a d y fa m ilia rt o
E n g lis h -
la n g u a g e re a d e rs .A p a rt fro m
's c h iz o - a n a ly s is ',
D e le u z eh a s w ritte n'a sa
p h ilo s o p h e r 'ab o o k o n K a n t, tw o o n S p in o z a a n dtw o o n N ie tz s c h e ,am ongst
o th e rs .O n e m ig h t a d d th a t w h e n th is s tra d d lin go ld is c ip lin e sis w e lld o n e ( a s
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