Felix Guattari and the Ancients

Préface
New translation of a key primary text by philosopher and psychoanalyst Félix Guattari, with insightful commentaries and close readings from leading scholars.

Auteur
Gary Genosko is Professor of Communication and Digital Media Studies at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology in Toronto, Canada Carlos A. Segovia is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Saint Louis University Missouri, Spain.

Résumé
Like most of his theatrical pieces, Félix Guattari's Parmenides is a brief but extremely suggestive dialogue that brings life to his concerns about psychoanalysis, semiotics, the history of philosophy, and contemporary post-theatre. Edited by Gary Genosko and Carlos A. Segovia, this volume includes the facsimile edition of the original manuscript followed by its transcription and its annotated translations into English, German, Spanish, Japanese, Polish and Russian. Accompanying commentaries, diagrams, and studies of the text give an incredibly in-depth analysis of Guattari's theatrical work and its significance to his wider body of thought. Among these, Gary Genosko highlights Guattari's engagement with dialogue and language; Carlos A. Segovia examines his elaboration on Greek mythology; and Flore Gacin-Marrou looks at Guattari's role as a playwright among his other literary work, which ranged from screenplays to novels. This volume also includes another of Guattari's short theatrical pieces, Socrates, which was the only one of his plays to reach the stage, and which expands on one of the book's central themes in his dialogue with classical philosophy.

Contenu
Acknowledgements Foreword: Félix Guattari's Theatrical Dialogues and the Return to Early Philosophy, Gary Genosko (Ontario Tech University, Canada) and Carlos A. Segovia (Saint Louis University, Spain) Part I: Source Materials and Translations 0. Félix Guattari, 'Parménide', Facsimile Edition 1. French transcript by Stéphane Naudaud 2. English translation by Gary Genosko 3. Spanish translation by Carlos A. Segovia 4. Japanese translation by Mahro Murasawa 5. German translation by Iloe Ariss 6. Polish translation by Ben Bandosz 7. Russian translation by Mikhail Fedorchenko Part II: Commentaries 8. From Logic to Rhythm, Gary Genosko (Ontario Tech University, Canada) 9. On Guattari's 'Parménide' (and 'Socrate'), Carlos A. Segovia (Saint Louis University, Spain) 10. Guattari's Constructivism and the Theatre Machine of Revolution, Mahoro Murasawa (Ryukoku University, Japan) 11. The Trouble with People and Things, Iloe Ariss (Columbia University, USA) 12. Infernal Machines: Witkacy's Theatre of Theory, Ben Bandosz (Independent Scholar, Canada) Part III: Reference Texts 13. Portrait of Félix Guattari as a Playwright, Flore Garcin-Marrou (University of Toulouse-Jean Jaurès, France) 14. Socrates, Félix Guattari List of Contributors