Deleuze and Guattari: Anti-Oedipus (week 1)

Deterritorialize with us at weekly discussions of Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari's 1972 first volume of their groundbreaking Capitalism and Schizophrenia. This critique of Freudian psychoanalysis and modern capitalism reframes unconscious desire as a machinic productive force, dynamic multiplicities of flows that can be directed against fascistic thinking toward creative and revolutionary action.

Required reading for this meeting: Ch. 1 "The Desiring-Machines" up to section 4 (pg. 1–22)

There's an online PDF available that looks like it might have a few scanning issues, but it seems to mostly align with the widely available Penguin edition. We plan to meet weekly and work our way through the whole book 20–30 pages at a time.

We'll be meeting at Art Cafe + Bar in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn.

This event is free but we're all still socially obligated to purchase something, and Art Cafe is a cool place that we should support! They have a bar and they serve coffee and tea among other non-alcoholic drinks, as well as food.