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Summary: Nightmare to follow, but a wet dream of ideas.
Review: The way that Deleuze and Guattari write ould possibly give them the schizophrenic label that they criticize. Their art is perhaps their weak point, in that it takes a long time to distill anything from this book. But what you get out of it is a explanation of the roots from which fascism can arise within us all, as well as a whole slew of other thinking points. Buy it and keep it on the shelf. Dip in and out.
Rating: 
Summary: brilliant, important
Review: This is, in my opinion, the most important work of theory/philosophy for the latter half of the twentieth century. Although D&G's jargon tends to be weighty at times, it is ultimately playful. there is the tendency, amongst numerous D&G fans, to reduce their philosophy to a text merely about postmodern criticism. i believe this is a mistake. ultimately, Anti-Oedipus (and its companion volume) are about politics--radical politics at best--written by two Marxists who are looking for a new revolutionary theory. indeed, Guattari once said in an interview that postmodernism is "the very paradigm of every sort of submission, every sort of compromise with the existing status quo". Anti-Oedipus is important for political activists, otherwise it becomes just another piece of "knowledge-capital"...
Rating:
Summary: brilliant, important
Review: This is, in my opinion, the most important work of theory/philosophy for the latter half of the twentieth century. Although D&G's jargon tends to be weighty at times, it is ultimately playful. there is the tendency, amongst numerous D&G fans, to reduce their philosophy to a text merely about postmodern criticism. i believe this is a mistake. ultimately, Anti-Oedipus (and its companion volume) are about politics--radical politics at best--written by two Marxists who are looking for a new revolutionary theory. indeed, Guattari once said in an interview that postmodernism is "the very paradigm of every sort of submission, every sort of compromise with the existing status quo". Anti-Oedipus is important for political activists, otherwise it becomes just another piece of "knowledge-capital"...
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Summary: Pessimistik but Realistik
Review: Yeah, the best book ever!!! I read it in the beginning of the 90's, and it really turned me on. A big war marchine, always self-destroying... Thousend Plateaus follows it. Ain't they true? Unfortunately yes, Hitler is more and more looking like a puppy.
Rating:
Summary: Pessimistik but Realistik
Review: Yeah, the best book ever!!! I read it in the beginning of the 90's, and it really turned me on. A big war marchine, always self-destroying... Thousend Plateaus follows it. Ain't they true? Unfortunately yes, Hitler is more and more looking like a puppy.
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