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Who’s Afraid of Deleuze and Guattari?
This deep dive examines Gregg Lambert’s Who’s Afraid of Deleuze and Guattari?, an essay that re-evaluates the philosophical and cultural legacy of the "Capitalism and Schizophrenia" project, focusing on its initial reception within American academia. Lambert argues that the radical concepts of Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari—such as "minor literature" and "deterritorialization"—were often misunderstood or strategically neutralized by dominant Marxist and psychoanalytic frameworks. A central focus is the intellectual rivalry with Fredric Jameson, who viewed Deleuze’s focus on multiplicity as…
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