Félix Guattari

Félix Guattari
Born
Pierre-Félix Guattari

(1930-03-30)30 March 1930
Died29 August 1992(1992-08-29) (aged 62)
Political party
List
    • PCF (1945–1956)
    • PCI (1955–1958)
    • La Voie communiste (1958–1964)
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Paris
Academic work
Era20th-century philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
School or traditionContinental philosophy, psychoanalysis, post-Marxism, post-structuralism, institutional psychotherapy
InstitutionsUniversity of Paris VIII
Main interestsPsychoanalysis, Marxist philosophy, political philosophy, semiotics
Notable ideasAssemblage, desiring-production, deterritorialization, ecosophy, schizoanalysis

Pierre-Félix Guattari (/ɡwəˈtɑːri/ gwə-TAR-ee; French: [pjɛʁ feliks ɡwataʁi] ; 30 March 1930 – 29 August 1992) was a French psychoanalyst, political philosopher, semiotician, social activist, and screenwriter. He co-founded schizoanalysis with Gilles Deleuze, and created ecosophy independently of Arne Næss. He has become best known for his literary and philosophical collaborations with Deleuze, most notably Anti-Oedipus (1972) and A Thousand Plateaus (1980), the two volumes of their theoretical work Capitalism and Schizophrenia.