Desire, Institutions, and the Left: Susana Caló & Godofredo Pereira on CERFI Analysis Beyond Guattari

About this episode

The episode discusses the impact of CERFI and its co-founder Félix Guattari on politics and collective life.

Enroll at the AHRC today: https://www.acidhorizonpodcast.com/ahrc-main Buy 'CERFI Analysis Everywhere': https://www.minorcompositions.info/?p=1661 Between the radical energies of the 1960s and the shifting terrains of the 1980s, a group in France quietly detonated the boundaries of politics, psychiatry, and collective life. CERFI – the Centre for Institutional Study, Research, and Training – wasn’t your typical think tank. Co-founded by Félix Guattari, it set out to bring the disruptive insi...

People in this episode

Host: Acid Horizon

Guests: Susana Caló, Godofredo Pereira

Topics covered

• politics
• psychiatry
• collective life
• radical energies
• institutional analysis

Keywords

• CERFI
• Félix Guattari
• politics
• psychiatry
• collective life
• radical energies
• institutional analysis

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CERFI

Books & works: CERFI Analysis Everywhere

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