Derrida and the Legacy of Psychoanalysis (Oxford Modern Languages and Literature Monographs)

"In Derrida and the Legacy of Psychoanalysis, Paul Earlie offers a detailed account of the importance of psychoanalysis in Derrida's thought. Based on close readings of texts from the whole of his career, including less well-known and previously unpublished material, the title sheds new light on the crucial role of psychoanalysis in shaping Derrida's response to a number of key questions. These questions range from the psyche's relationship to technology to the role of fiction and metaphor in scientific discourse, and from the relationship between memory and the archive to the status of the political in deconstruction. 0Focusing on Freud but proposing new readings of texts by Lacan, Torok and Abraham, Laplanche and Pontalis, amongst other seminal figures in contemporary French thought, Earlie argues that Derrida's writings on psychoanalysis can also provide an important bridge between deconstruction and the recent materialist turn in the humanities. Challenging a still prevalent 'textualist' reading of Derrida's work, he explores the ongoing contribution of deconstruction and psychoanalysis to pressing issues in critical thought today, from the localizing models of the neurosciences and the omnipresence of digital technology to the politics of affect in an age of terror"-- Provided by publisher "This book offers a detailed account of the importance of psychoanalysis in Derrida's thought. Based on close readings of texts from the whole of his career, including less well-known and previously unpublished material, it sheds new light on the crucial role of psychoanalysis in shaping Derrida's response to a number of key questions. These questions range from the psyche's relationship to technology to the role of fiction and metaphor in scientific discourse, from the relationship between memory and the archive to the status of the political in deconstruction. Focusing on Freud but proposing new readings of texts by Lacan, Torok and Abraham, Laplanche and Pontalis, amongst other seminal figures in contemporary French thought, the book argues that Derrida's writings on psychoanalysis can also provide an important bridge between deconstruction and the recent materialist turn in the humanities. Challenging a still prevalent 'textualist' reading of Derrida's work, it explores the ongoing contribution of deconstruction and psychoanalysis to pressing issues in critical thought today, from the localizing models of the neurosciences and the omnipresence of digital technology to the politics of affect in an age of terror"-- Provided by publisher Cover Derrida and the Legacy of Psychoanalysis Copyright Acknowledgements Contents A Note on Translations and Abbreviations Works by Jacques Derrida Reference will also be made to Derrida’s unpublished papers: Works by Sigmund Freud Other Works Introduction I.1 An Impossible Legacy I.2 In Debt I.3 Inherit 1: Creation Myths: Freud in France 1.1 Aporia 1.2 Myth 1.3 Battle of the Proper Names 2: Psychical Spacings 2.1 Phenomenological Space 2.2 Psychoanalytic Space 2.3 The Logic of Space 2.4 Wax 3: Speculations: Deconstruction and Science 3.1 Positive Science 3.2 Speculations 3.3 Science Fictions 3.4 Speculative Fictions 4: The Archive: From Print to Digital and beyond 4.1 Technicity and the Archive 4.2 Archival Secrets 4.3 Affect in the Archive 5: Politics of Affect 5.1 Anxiety and Technicity 5.2 Affecting the Political 5.3 Technologies of Terror Conclusion: Impossible Legacies Bibliography Index This text offers a detailed account of the importance of psychoanalysis in Derrida's thought. Based on close readings of texts from the whole of his career, including less well-known and previously unpublished material, it sheds new light on the crucial role of psychoanalysis in shaping Derrida's response to a number of key questions. These questions range from the psyche's relationship to technology to the role of fiction and metaphor in scientific discourse, from the relationship between memory and the archive to the status of the political in deconstruction Situating Derrida's engagement with Freud vis-à-vis key contemporaries such as Lévi-Strauss and Foucault, this title uses close analysis of a range of primary texts to show how Derrida reshaped Freud's insights in the very different intellectual context of post-war France