A selection of texts and interviews that present a good introduction to Guattari’s theoretical thinking, in which he directly responded to the period of the 1980s as a time of the increasing power of the Right in politics, the rise of environmental crises, and disillusionment about politics. Covering a wide range of theoretical and real world topics, see in particular the pieces War, Crisis, or Life and The Nuclear State, which provide a view into the waning years of the Cold War.