The Psychoanalysis of Sense

A new reading of The Logic of Sense emphasising Deleuze's philosophical engagement with the Lacanian school Guillaume 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: Möbius strip (c) David Benbennick. John Tenniel sketch, Tenniel sketch from Through the Looking Glass, 1871, Wikimedia Commons Cover design: [EUP logo] edinburghuniversitypress.com ISBN 978-1-4744-0902-5 Barcode

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.