Psychoanalysis as “The Blind Spot of an Old Dream of Symmetry”: Irigaray’s Encounter with Deleuze and Guattari Cover Image

Psychoanaliza jako „Martwy punkt odwiecznej iluzji symetrii”, czyli Irigaray spotyka Deleuze’a i Guattariego
Psychoanalysis as “The Blind Spot of an Old Dream of Symmetry”: Irigaray’s Encounter with Deleuze and Guattari

Author(s): Katarzyna Szopa
Subject(s): Gender Studies, Psychology, Semiology, Political Theory, Contemporary Philosophy
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: psychoanalysis; schizoanalysis; feminism; sexuate difference; oedipal triangle;

Summary/Abstract: The article presents a critical reading of traditional psychoanalysis from the perspective introduced by Gilles Deleuze, Fèlix Guattari and Luce Irigaray in their early works. Despite significant differences noticeable within their thought, it is interesting to compare two fundamental books, Anti-Oedipus (1972) and Speculum (1974), in order to emphasize the point of convergence, notably the reformulation of the oedipal triangle through releasing desire from the normative process of oedipalization.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 25
  • Page Range: 354-370
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Polish