Deleuze and Psychoanalysis: Philosophical Essays on Delueze's Debate with Psychoanalysis (Figures of the Unconscious 9)

Gilles Deleuze is among the twentieth century's most important philosophers of difference. The style of his extended oeuvre is so extremely dense and cryptic that reading and appreciating it require an unusual degree of openness and a willingness to enter a complicated but extremely rich system of thought. The abundant debates with and references to a variety of authors of many different domains; the sophisticated conceptual framework; the creation of new concepts and the injection of existing concepts with new meanings - all this makes his oeuvre difficult to grasp. This book can be seen as a guide to reading Deleuze, but at the same time it is a direct confrontation with issues at stake, particularly the debate with and against psychoanalysis. This debate not only offers the occasion to find an entrance to Deleuze's basic thought, but also throws the reader into the middle of the dispute. The book provides a clear and perspicuous overview of subject matter of interest to psychoanalysts, Deleuzean or otherwise.This publication is GPRC-labeled (Guaranteed Peer-Reviewed Content) Gilles Deleuze is among the twentieth century's most important philosophers of difference. Reading and appreciating his work requires an unusual degree of openness and willingness to enter a complicated but extremely rich system of thought. His oeuvre is marked by abundant debates with and references to a variety of authors of many different domains, the sophisticated conceptual framework, the creation of new concepts, and the injection of existing concepts with new meanings. Deleuze and Psychoanalysis is both a guide to reading Deleuze and a direct confrontation with issues at stake in his work, particularly the debate with and against psychoanalysis. This debate not only offers the occasion to find an entrance to Deleuze's basic thought but also throws the reader into the middle of the dispute. Offering different points of view, the authors of this book provide a clear and perspicuous overview of subject matter of interest to all psychoanalysts, Deleuzean or otherwise. Contributors: Eric Alliez, University of Middlesex; Leen De Bolle, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven; Lyat Friedman, University of Tel Aviv; Tomas Geyskens, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven; Peter Hallward, University of Middlesex; Christian Kerslake, University of Middlesex Gilles Deleuze Is Among The Twentieth-century's Most Important Philosophers Of Difference. The Style Of His Extended Oeuvre Is So Extremely Dense And Cryptic That Reading And Appreciating It Require An Unusual Degree Of Openness And A Willingness To Enter A Complicated But Extremely Rich System Of Thought. The Abundant Debates With And References To A Variety Of Authors Of Many Different Domains; The Sophisticated Conceptual Framework; The Creation Of New Concepts And The Injection Of Existing Concepts With New Meanings - All This Makes His Oeuvre Difficult To Grasp. Preface : Desire And Schizophrenia / Leen De Bolle -- You Can't Have It Both Ways : Deleuze Or Lacan / Peter Hallward -- Desire And The Dialectics Of Love : Deleuze, Canguilhem, And The Philosophy Of Desire / Christian Kerslake -- Anti-oedipus : The Work Of Resistance / Lyat Friedman -- Literature As Symptomatology : Gilles Celeuze On Sacher-masoch / Tomas Geyskens -- Deleuze With Masoch / Éric Alliez -- Deleuze's Passive Syntheses Of Time And The Dissolved Self / Leen De Bolle. Edited By Leen De Bolle. Includes Bibliographical References. "9058677966,9789058677969" 9058677966, 9789058677969 Cover 1 Table of Contents 6 Preface: Desire and Schizophrenia - Leen De Bolle 8 You Can't Have it Both Ways: Deleuze or Lacan - Peter Hallward 34 Desire and the Dialectics of Love: Deleuze, Canguilhem, and the Philosophy of Desire - Christian Kerslake 52 Anti-Oedipus: The Work of Resistance - Lyat Friedman 84 Literature as Symptomatology: Gilles Deleuze on Sacher-Masoch - Tomas Geyskens 104 Deleuze with Masoch - 脡ric Alliez 118 Deleuze's Passive Syntheses of Time and the Dissolved Self - Leen De Bolle 132 Epilogue - Leen De Bolle 158 List of Contributors 160