Gradiva non vixit albo życie z duchami
Gradiva non vixit, Or: Living with Ghosts

Summary/Abstract: Lipszyc’s point of departure is a philosophy of life as an element inexorably marked by the spectral and anachronistic. Adopting Jacques Derrida’s point of view as outlined in Spectres of Marx, Lipszyc presents a detailed analysis of two texts by Sigmund Freud: The Interpretation of Dreams as well as his essay on Wilhelm Jensen’s Gradivia. Lipszyc demonstrates that a careful reading reveals the inconsistency between Freud’s apparent intentions – his stated goal is to rid life of spectres – and the actual logic of his texts, which tend towards a full and outstandingly interesting spectral philosophy of life. Similarly, the psychoanalytical exorcist is in competition with the writer who seems to accept life with its ghosts.

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