Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari’s Anti-Oedipus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia fuses two theoretical paradigms. They are
A) Marxism
B) Poststructuralism
C) Psychoanalysis
D) Feminism
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Correct Answer :
B and C only.
Solution :
The correct answer is B and C only.
Anti-Oedipus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia (1972) is a seminal work by the French philosopher Gilles Deleuze and the psychoanalyst Félix Guattari. The book is renowned for its synthesis and critical analysis of key intellectual frameworks of the 20th century.
The two main theoretical paradigms that the authors fuse and critically re-evaluate in this work are:
1. Marxism (represented by Statement A): Deleuze and Guattari analyze the structure of capitalism, desire, and social production, drawing heavily on Karl Marx's critique of political economy.
2. Psychoanalysis (represented by Statement C): The text engages extensively with Sigmund Freud's psychoanalytic theory, particularly the concept of the Oedipus complex, and Jacques Lacan's structural psychoanalysis, which they critique and reformulate into "schizoanalysis."
By combining the critique of political economy (Marxism) with the critique of libidinal economy (Psychoanalysis), Deleuze and Guattari explore how desire is produced within social and economic structures, making "A and C only" (Marxism and Psychoanalysis) the core fusion of paradigms in the book.
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