The Anti-Oedipus Papers

The Anti-Œdipus Papers

Cover of the 2006 edition
Editor	Stéphane Nadaud
Authors	Félix Guattari
Translator	Kélina Gotman
Country	France
Language	French
Subject	Psychoanalysis and Philosophy
Published	March 2006
Media type	Print (paperback)
Pages	384
ISBN	(Semiotext(e))

The Anti-Œdipus Papers is a collection of journal entries and notes written between 1969 and 1973 by the French philosopher and psychotherapist Félix Guattari. These notes, addressed to Gilles Deleuze by Guattari in preparation for Anti-Oedipus, serve to substantiate their claims, finally bringing out the factory behind the theatre. They reveal Guattari as an inventive, highly analytical, mathematically-minded “conceptor,” arguably one of the most prolific and enigmatic figures in philosophy and sociopolitical theory today. Though as a whole, the papers serve to expand upon, and propose their own, psychoanalytic theory, they are supplemented by journal entries explaining the relationships between Guattari and many of his companions including Deleuze, Jacques Lacan, and Jean Oury.