Correct option is D
Anti-Oedipus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia (1972) by Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari is a critical and theoretical fusion of:
B. Poststructuralism – The book employs poststructuralist ideas such as anti-essentialism, rejection of fixed identity, and rhizomatic thought. It critiques structuralist approaches to knowledge and embraces multiplicity and non-linearity.
C. Psychoanalysis – Although the book critiques Freudian psychoanalysis, especially the Oedipus complex, it still deeply engages with psychoanalytic frameworks. Guattari’s background in psychoanalysis informs their reworking of the concept of desire into something productive and political (i.e., "desiring-production"). They propose schizoanalysis as a radical alternative.
Therefore, Poststructuralism and Psychoanalysis are the two paradigms actively engaged and reconfigured in the book, making Option D the correct answer.
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Anti-Oedipus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia
Authors: Gilles Deleuze (philosopher) and Félix Guattari (psychoanalyst and political theorist)
Published: 1972 in French; English translation in 1977
Genre: Philosophy, Psychoanalysis, Political Theory
The book critiques traditional psychoanalysis, capitalism, and state power. It reconceptualizes desire not as lack (as in Freud) but as a productive force that resists control. Deleuze and Guattari argue that both psychoanalysis and capitalism repress desire by coding it through the Oedipus complex and capitalist structures. They propose schizoanalysis as a new methodology to liberate desire and rethink subjectivity.
Core Concepts:
Desiring-production: A concept that treats desire as a real, productive force rather than a symptom of lack.
Anti-Oedipal: A critique of the Freudian reduction of all desire to family structures.
Rhizome and Assemblage: Non-hierarchical, decentralized modes of thinking (developed further in A Thousand Plateaus).
Schizoanalysis: A radical alternative to psychoanalysis that focuses on the social and political dimensions of the unconscious.
Additional Knowledge:
(A) Marxism
While Anti-Oedipus engages with capitalism and critiques it, the authors distance themselves from orthodox Marxism. They adopt a non-economistic view of capitalism, emphasizing its effect on desire rather than strictly on class struggle or economic determinism.
(D) Feminism
Feminist theory is not a central framework in Anti-Oedipus. While later feminist thinkers have engaged with Deleuze and Guattari's concepts (especially around the body and desire), feminism is not a theoretical paradigm explicitly fused in this book.
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