Deleuze and Guattari
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Deleuze and Guattari refers to Gilles Deleuze
and Félix Guattari
, two French philosophers who wrote a number of works together. The most notable of these is the two volume Capitalism and Schizophrenia
, consisting of Anti-Oedipus (1972) and A Thousand Plateaus
(1980). Unhappy with the treatment of Franz Kafka’s work by scholars, Deleuze and the Guattari wrote Kafka: Toward a Theory of Minor Literature in order to dismiss the notion that the only two ways to analyze Kafka were to “[put] him in the nursery—by oedipalizing and relating him to mother-father narratives—or by trying to limit him to theological-metaphysical speculation to the detriment of all the political, ethical, and ideological dimensions that run through his work…” . Published in 1975, their book sought to enter Kafka’s works without the unnecessary burden of the type of analysis that relates works to past or existing categories of genre, type, mode, or style. This sort of analysis is related to what Deleuze and Guattari would call the "Major" or dominant literature out of which they see Kafka emerging as a voice of a marginalized, minority people by re-appropriating the major language for his own purposes". They also wrote What is Philosophy? together. Although Capitalism and Schizophrenia is considered a magnum opus
for both, they each had distinguished careers independent of each other.
Gilles Deleuze
Gilles Deleuze , was a French philosopher who, from the early 1960s until his death, wrote influentially on philosophy, literature, film, and fine art. His most popular works were the two volumes of Capitalism and Schizophrenia: Anti-Oedipus and A Thousand Plateaus , both co-written with Félix...
and Félix Guattari
Félix Guattari
Pierre-Félix Guattari was a French militant, an institutional psychotherapist, philosopher, and semiotician; he founded both schizoanalysis and ecosophy...
, two French philosophers who wrote a number of works together. The most notable of these is the two volume Capitalism and Schizophrenia
Capitalism and Schizophrenia
Capitalism and Schizophrenia is a two-volume theoretical work by the French authors Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari. Its volumes, published eight years apart, are Anti-Oedipus and A Thousand Plateaus ....
, consisting of Anti-Oedipus (1972) and A Thousand Plateaus
A Thousand Plateaus
A Thousand Plateaus is the second book of Capitalism and Schizophrenia, the first being Anti-Oedipus. Written by Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari, it was translated into English by Brian Massumi...
(1980). Unhappy with the treatment of Franz Kafka’s work by scholars, Deleuze and the Guattari wrote Kafka: Toward a Theory of Minor Literature in order to dismiss the notion that the only two ways to analyze Kafka were to “[put] him in the nursery—by oedipalizing and relating him to mother-father narratives—or by trying to limit him to theological-metaphysical speculation to the detriment of all the political, ethical, and ideological dimensions that run through his work…” . Published in 1975, their book sought to enter Kafka’s works without the unnecessary burden of the type of analysis that relates works to past or existing categories of genre, type, mode, or style. This sort of analysis is related to what Deleuze and Guattari would call the "Major" or dominant literature out of which they see Kafka emerging as a voice of a marginalized, minority people by re-appropriating the major language for his own purposes". They also wrote What is Philosophy? together. Although Capitalism and Schizophrenia is considered a magnum opus
Masterpiece
Masterpiece in modern usage refers to a creation that has been given much critical praise, especially one that is considered the greatest work of a person's career or to a work of outstanding creativity, skill or workmanship....
for both, they each had distinguished careers independent of each other.