Virtuality and Reality – An Exploration through Schizo-Analysis Prism

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Virtuality and Reality – An Exploration through Schizo-Analysis Prism

Sakshi Kanchan , Puneet Chansauria

The essay posits an interpretative elucidation of the Felix Guattari and Gilles Deleuzes concepts and their radical departure from the conventional and psychopathologic understanding of schizophrenia; and the producing behavior of mankind institutionalized in capitalism. The essay focuses on the writers critique of established lines of thinking on capitalism and production, concept of mans existence and its inherent contradictions when analyzed from the desiring machine perspective, and finally the societal view of psychopathology. An attempt to find the origins of such atypical line of inquiry is also made and an analysis of its applications has also been attempted. The thought that schizophrenia is not represented by and Schizo-analysis is not based on the typical institutionalized patient labelled as schizophrenic, has also been elucidated. As a matter of course, the view provides original insights on the objectivity of the dichotomy that exists between the real and the virtual.

The essay is a preliminary exposition of the central and ingrained concepts of Deleuzes and Guattaris line of inquiry and it also tries to understand its scope in human endeavors and in reformulating a worldview. Contemplating the Schizoid or Schizo- analysis reflected by the text showcases the thought of not a celebration of schizophrenia but rather use of it to explore contemporary society.