Anti-Oedipus en-procés : a comparative analysis of Kristeva and Deleuze & Guattari

The present thesis is an attempt to bring into dialogue what appear to be two radically different approaches of negotiating subjectivity in late Western Modernity. Here the thought of Julia Kristeva as well as Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari are fully engaged. These thinkers, the latter two being considered as one, have until now remained strangers to one another. Consequently much confusion has amassed concerning their respective philosophical, as well as social/political projects. I take up the position that Deleuze and Guattari's account of subjectivity is a commendable attempt to understand a particular type of historical subject: late modern Western man. However I claim that their account comes up short insofar as I argue that they lack the theoretical language in order to fully, and successfully, make their point. Thus I argue that their system does not stand up to its own claims. On the contrary, by embracing the psychoanalytic tradition - staying rather close to the Freudian and Kleinian schools of thought - I argue that it is in fact Kristeva that is better equipped to provide an account of this particular subject. Considerable time is invested in fleshing out the notion of the Other insofar as this Other is central to the constitution of subjectivity. This Other - insofar as this Other is to be found in Kristeva's notion of the chora -- is something I claim that Deleuze and Guattari simply undervalued.

Dinner with Julia Child Menu

A menu for a dinner with Julia Child 4 November, 1993. The list of invites includes: Julia Child, John Honderich, Josh Josephson, Marion Kane, Franco Prevedello, Bonnie Stern, Michael Vaughn, Margaret Visser, Donald Ziraldo. Also, handwritten on top left corner of menu: " To Donald Julia Child"

Letter - Julia Child to Donald Ziraldo, 1991

A letter from Julia Child to Donald Ziraldo dated 11 April 1991. Child thanks Ziraldo for making her trip to Toronto "pleasant".

Photograph - Thomas Woodruff and Julia Cleveland Woodruff at DeVeaux Hall

Black and white, 12 cm x 17 cm photograph, mounted on board, of DeVeaux Hall in St. Catharines, Ontario. It was built by Samuel DeVeaux Woodruff. Shown in this photo are Thomas Woodruff and Julia Cleveland Woodruff. This photo was described by R.W. Band in 1973 and is included.

Photograph - Aunt Emma Woodruff and Julia Woodruff

Black and white, 13 cm x 9 cm black and white photo which has been taken from a scrapbook. This is a photo of Aunt Emma Woodruff and Julia Woodruff (Mrs. Warren Perry).

Photograph - Julia Canby French

Black and white photograph, 10 cm x 6 cm, of Julia Canby French.

Photograph - Julia Canby French (smaller image)

Black and white, 16 ½ cm x 11 ½ cm, of Julia Canby French (this is a larger versions of the photo listed above).

Photograph - Julia Canby Cleveland with doll

Black and white photograph, 23 cm x 18 cm copy of Julia Canby Cleveland and her doll which has been reprinted from the daguerreotype. This is accompanied by notes (1970) from R. W. Band.

Photograph - Julia Canby Cleveland

Black and white photograph, 10 cm x 6 cm, of Julia Canby Cleveland which was taken by J. T. Upson of Buffalo, New York.

Photograph - Julia Canby Cleveland (larger image)

Black and white photograph, 16 ½ cm. x 11 ½ cm., of Julia Amelia Canby Cleveland (this is a larger version of the photo listed above).

Photograph - Julia Cleveland Woodruff

Black and white photograph, mounted on board, 7 cm x 4 cm, of Julia posing in a straw hat.

Photograph - Julia Cleveland Woodruff, Side angle Pose

Black and white photograph, mounted on board, 7 cm x 4 cm, of Julia in a side angle face pose. This photo was taken by Fred Pfaff of Peach Street, Erie, Pennsylvania.

Photograph - Julia Cleveland Woodruff with another girl

Black and white photograph, mounted on board, 7 cm x 4 cm, of Julia posing on a bridge with another girl.

Photograph - Julia Cleveland Woodruff in a hat

Black and white photograph, mounted on board, 7 cm x 4 cm, of Julia in a hat.

Photograph - Julia Cleveland Woodruff at Dr. Cleveland's Home

Black and white photograph, mounted on board, 18 cm x 12 cm, of Julia Cleveland wife of Hamilton K. Woodruff. She is posing with a setter and the Chihuahua at Dr. Cleveland’s house in Erie Pennsylvania. This photograph is mounted on a board. This was described by R. Band of Toronto on the back of the photo in 1975.