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A thousand plateaus:

capitalism and schizophrenia
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University of MINNESOTA Press, 1987 - Philosophy - 610 pages
Suggests an open system of psychological exploration to cut through accepted norms of morality, language, and politics

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But I don't know that he is a good writer. - Goodreads
this book has no ending, or beginning for that matter. - Goodreads
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Review: Thousand Plateaus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia

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This is mind blowing. I don't think I totally understand everything but reading it and imagining what it means is a revelation. It seems to promote a consciousness of the world that is devoid of ... Read full review

Review: Thousand Plateaus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia

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"capitalism only functions on condition that it inhibits this tendency or that it push back or displace this limit. Hence schizophrenia is not the identity of capitalism, but on the contrary its ...

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About the author (1987)

Gilles Deleuze (1925-1995) was Professor of Philosophy at the University of Paris VIII, Vincennes/Saint Denis. He published 25 books, including five in collaboration with F?lix Guattari.

FA(c)lix Guattari (1930-1992), post-'68 French psychoanalyst and philosopher, is the author of "Anti-Oedipus" (with Gilles Deleuze), "The Anti-Oedipus Papers" (Semiotext(e)), and other books. Semiotext(e) has published the first two volumes of his complete essays, "Chaosophy" (1995) and "Soft Subversions" (1996), and will publish the final volume, "Chaos and Complexity, " in 2008.

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