Capital as differential relation: money theory and economic domination in Anti-Oedipus

The philosophical characterization of capital in Anti-Oedipus (1972) holds subtle yet significant resonances with Deleuze's ontology as developed in Difference and repetition (1968), particularly around the presence of the differential relation dy/dx as a conceptual resource, as well as the notion of 'expression'. Anti-Oedipus uses the aforementioned mathematical operator to conceptualize the determinant flows of capitalism, flows whose heterogeneity is expressed by two coexisting aspects of money. The mathematical interference, previously explored by Deleuzian writings, is here extended by two French exponents of money theory: Suzanne de Brunhoff and Bernard Schmitt. We intend to delve into this Deleuzo-Guattarian conception by following Deleuze's differential ontology and money theory to conceptualize the capitalist semiotic regime, as well as the mode of domination that it sets up.