Felix Guattari: An Aberrant Introduction

This is the first detailed assessment of the life and work of Felix Guattari, or 'Mr Anti' as the French press labelled him. He was the friend of and collaborator with Gilles Deleuze, Jacques Lacan and AntonioNegri, and one of the 20th Century's last great activist-intellectuals.

Guattari is widely known for his celebrated writings with Deleuze, but these writings do not represent the true breadth and impact of his thinking, writing and activism. Guattari's major work as a clinical and theoretical innovator in psychoanalysis was closely linked to his participation in struggles against European right-wing politics.

'Felix Guattari' introduces the reader to the diversity and sheer range of Guattari's interests, from anti-psychiatry, to Japanese culture, political activism and his theorising of subjectification.