Gilles Deleuze on “Anti-Oedipus,“ celebrating 50 years of “Capitalism and Schizophrenia“

50 years ago, in March 1972, Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari published “Anti-Oedipus,“ the first volume of Capitalism and Schizophrenia. Here, Deleuze looks back on the reception of this attempt at combining Marx and Freud. He highlights the importance of Guattari’s work at the clinic of La Borde which only gradually attracts more attention. But eventually, they prefer partying with Karl and Sigmund – despite the fact that the latter still is a partial assemblage...