TY - JOUR

T1 - Deleuze, Freud and the Three Syntheses

AU - Somers-Hall, Henry

PY - 2017/8

Y1 - 2017/8

N2 - The aim of this paper is to provide a close reading of Deleuze’s complex account of Freud’s Beyond the Pleasure Principle in Difference and Repetition. The first part provides a reading of Beyond the Pleasure Principle itself, showing why Freud feels the need to develop a transcendental account of repetition. In the second, I show the limitations of Freud’s account, drawing on the work of Weismann to argue that Freud’s transcendental model mischaracterises repetition. In the final part, I show how Freud’s account of the death drive is shadowed by Deleuze’s own non-representational transcendental account.

AB - The aim of this paper is to provide a close reading of Deleuze’s complex account of Freud’s Beyond the Pleasure Principle in Difference and Repetition. The first part provides a reading of Beyond the Pleasure Principle itself, showing why Freud feels the need to develop a transcendental account of repetition. In the second, I show the limitations of Freud’s account, drawing on the work of Weismann to argue that Freud’s transcendental model mischaracterises repetition. In the final part, I show how Freud’s account of the death drive is shadowed by Deleuze’s own non-representational transcendental account.

U2 - 10.3366/dls.2017.0270

DO - 10.3366/dls.2017.0270

M3 - Article

VL - 11

SP - 297

EP - 327

JO - Deleuze Studies

JF - Deleuze Studies

SN - 1750-2241

IS - 3

ER -