Anti-Oedipus

Capitalism and Schizophrenia

By: Gilles Deleuze, Felix Guattari, Michel Foucault - preface, Mark Seem - introduction, Robert Hurley - translator, Mark Seem - translator, Helen R. Lane - translator

Narrated by: Jon Orsini

An "introduction to the nonfascist life" (Michel Foucault, from the Preface)

When it first appeared in France, Anti-Oedipus was hailed as a masterpiece by some and "a work of heretical madness" by others. In it, Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari set forth the following theory: Western society's innate herd instinct has allowed the government, the media, and even the principles of economics to take advantage of each person's unwillingness to be cut off from the group. What's more, those who suffer from mental disorders may not be insane, but could be individuals in the purest sense, because they are by nature isolated from society. More than twenty-five years after its original publication, Anti-Oedipus still stands as a controversial contribution to a much-needed dialogue on the nature of free thinking.

Critic reviews

" Renders palpable the metaphor of the unconscious as a worker, and does it in a brilliant, appropriately nutty way."
-The New Republic

can't believe it's here

First timers will want a print, and then the audio to mull over. This and the sequel can be studied like a Bible. Can't wait for Plateaus to drop!

that this audio exists @ all!!!

anti-oedipus is an extremely funny book, and would be more than worth it for the jokes alone. in addition to comedic value, there is pugnacious, wonderfully satirical critique throught. its like Dōgen and John Trudell walked into a bar where some fascist dickhead is lecturing from a soapbox, and this text is their whispered dialogue

Please make a Thousand Plateaus

This book is outdated in the Delezuean corpus, but a great listen regardless. The narrator was amazing, too.

chlorophyll, anyone?

gee! thxx for the advice, D&G! Anti-Oedipus is genuinly a masterpiece. it reads like a manic epiphany, acid trip or a very subtle psychoanalysis of Nietzsche himself. equally empowering + devestating, esoteric + hilarious, and yet, this might be it; the frolicking science ;’D

Excellent production of a seminal work.

I am really impressed by the narrator's ability to cope with what can be really wonky language. I did feel they understood the assignment. I've read the title a few times before but like to take in media in more than way to flesh out perspectives and I'm happy with the production of this translation.