The Psychoanalysis of Sense

Examines Deleuze's psychoanalytic and philosophical engagement with the Lacanian SchoolGuillaume Collett questions to what extent we can locate Deleuze within the Lacanian School during the late-1960s, prior to Guattari. In so doing, he offers a new, integrated reading of Deleuze's 'The Logic of Sense' (1969) by understanding it as a 'psychoanalysis of sense', and gives a new interpretation of Deleuze's conception of philosophy itself.'The Psychoanalysis of Sense' shows that Deleuze was not merely aware of the debates animating the Lacanian School during the 1960s: he sought to contribute to them. Emphasising his appropriation of the work of post-Lacanian Serge Leclaire, Collett shows how Deleuze constructed a more singular and immanent theory of the linguistic structure of the unconscious granting the erogenous body a larger structuring role. Key FeaturesThe first book devoted to situating Deleuze's 1960s work on psychoanalysis within the context of the Lacanian SchoolShows how Deleuze drew on Lewis Carroll and Sacher-Masoch to immanentise the work of the Lacanian SchoolDevelops a new reading of The Logic of Sense by viewing it as a meta-philosophical precursor to What is Philosophy?

“"The Psychoanalysis of Sense: Deleuze and the Lacanian School is an extensively researched project that provides a detailed approach to Deleuze's relationship with psychoanalysis during the 1960s ... Collett's book is well worth reading. Collett's work provides crucial voice to the under-explored area of the intersection between Lacan and Deleuze, one that requires further examination."--Genevieve Sartor, Trinity College Dublin, Deleuze and Guattari Studies”

"The Psychoanalysis of Sense: Deleuze and the Lacanian School is an extensively researched project that provides a detailed approach to Deleuze's relationship with psychoanalysis during the 1960s ... Collett's book is well worth reading. Collett's work provides crucial voice to the under-explored area of the intersection between Lacan and Deleuze, one that requires further examination."--Genevieve Sartor, Trinity College Dublin, Deleuze and Guattari Studies

Guillaume Collett is Honorary Research Fellow at the Centre for Critical Thought, University of Kent. He has co-edited a number of Skepsi journal issues as well as Deleuze and Philosophical Practice for Deleuze Studies (EUP, 2013) and has translated a number of articles from French into English for philosophy journals. He is currently co-editing a volume on Deleuze and Transdiciplinarity.

A new reading of The Logic of Sense emphasising Deleuze's philosophical engagement with the Lacanian schoolGuillaume Collett poses the question: to what extent can we locate Deleuze within the Lacanian school itself, during the late-1960s and prior to Guattari? He offers the first in-depth study of Deleuze's engagement with the debates animating the Lacanian school during the 1960s, showing how he was not merely aware of but sought to contribute to them. Emphasising his appropriation of the work of the post-Lacanian Serge Leclaire, Collett shows how he aimed to construct a more singular and immanent theory of the linguistic structure of the unconscious ? granting the erogenous body a larger structuring role. By understanding it as a 'psychoanalysis of sense', the result is an integrated reading of Deleuze's major yet fragmented work The Logic of Sense (1969) and a reconsideration of its ontology and conception of philosophy.Guillaume Collett is Research Fellow at the Centre for Critical Thought, University of Kent.Cover image: M

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