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DISTURBINGPSYCHOANALYTICORIGINS: ADERRIDEANREADINGOFFREUDIANTHEORY By ERICW.ANDERS ADISSERTATIONPRESENTEDTOTHEGRADUATESCHOOL OFTHEUNIVERSITYOFFLORIDAINPARTIALFULFILLMENT OFTHEREQUIREMENTSFORTHEDEGREEOF DOCTOROFPHILOSOPHY UNIVERSITYOFFLORIDA 2000 Copyright2000 by EricW.Anders Tomyparentsinappreciationoftheirsupport: ValerieE.Anders and WilliamA.Anders TABLEOFCONTENTS 1.THED(oDubIlSe)GPaOmSemsONOFAPETMONSTER 51 RespondingtoFreudandtheEthicsofPsychoanalysis 11 SupposingPsychoanalysis 15 DisturbingPsychoanalyticOrigins 26 FillingGaps 31 'ToPostorNottoPost?" 40 2.PROORBILGEIMNATOIFZPISNYGCH"HOYASNTAELRYISAI"SANDTHE 44 Historia 47 HysteriaandHysterization 57 FeminismandtheHysteric 62 Hom(m)osexualPornographiesandthePerformingHysteric 66 Psychoanalysis/Hysteria 79 TheLacanianHysteric'sEssentialQuestionofLack 88 3.(UN)SEufAfSeIrLinYgCROemNiTniAsIceNnEceDs:ELReEaMdEiNngTSDerrida'sReading 101 oftheProject 106 TheBasicsoftheProjectandDerrida'sReadingofIt 108 LimitingtheEffectsofMemoryandChancein Freud'sWorkwith"Hysterics" 116 MyReadingofDerrida's"FreudandtheSceneofWriting" 127 FromMemorytoFantasy 138 DisturbingOrigins:TheInterpretationofDreams 143 OverdeterminationandChance 145 TTFhhreeoIImnnttPeerrripprrmeeattraayttiiPoonnrooocffeDDsrrseeaatommssP::riRWmeaabnledPrhaanndtaTsoireosk 111566629 iv 4.FREUTDh'eSBMeyAoSnTdEsRoPfLFrOeTudT'IsNCGaseWork:FromOntogeneticto 186 Phylogeneric 199 TheWolfManCaseHistory 205 PrimalPhantasies:FreudastheArcheologistoftheMind 211 Freud'sMasterplotRevisited 222 NarratologyandtheWolfMan 222 Freud'sOedipalMasterplot 232 Extendi'nTgoFSrpeeucdu'lsatMeasotner'pFlroetu:d'A"aRenaddBienygonofd 247 Inhibitions,SymptomsandAnxiety 259 5.UPNSCYACNHONAYN(AWLOY)SMIASN:THEHOME/SECRETSOF 288 TThheeLLaacckkooff""TThheeUUnnccaannnnyy''""II:I:PFrriemuadryanFdemLianci(nki)tayn 239193 "TheUncanny"'andSuperstition 318 HomeSecrets 332 6.WHAANTDRFEEMMAIINNISS:MPSSYCHOANALYSES,DECONSTRUCTIONS, 344 TheAnalysisofaRepression 344 Post(al)-Psychoanalysis 364 PhallocentrismandLogocentrism:RelatingtoFeminisms 370 WORKSCITED 384 BIOGRAPHICALSKETCH 392 AbstractofDissertationPresentedtotheGraduateSchool oftheUniversityofFloridainPartialFulfillmentofthe RequirementsfortheDegreeofDoctorofPhilosophy DISTURBINGPSYCHOANALYTICORIGINS: ADERRIDEANREADINGOFFREUDIANTHEORY By EricW.Anders December2000 Chair:JohnP.Leavey,Jr.,Ph.D. MajorDepartment:English ThisDerrideanreadingofFreudasksthequestionofhowweshould readFreudwithrespecttosexualdifferenceandwhatDerridaconsidersa radicalizedconceptoftrace,a"sceneofwriting"ofdifferance—thatis,howwe shouldreadFreudwithrespecttophallogocentrism.ThroughoutIconsider thepossiblerelationshipsamongthe"mainstyles"(Derrida)ofvarious psychoanalyses,deconstructions,andfeminisms.Byanalyzingwhatismost originalforFreud—thecauseofhysteria,thenavelofthedream,the perceptualidentity,theprimalphantasies,forexample—IfindthatFreud consistentlyseeksasingleorigin,a"caputNili,"onwhichtobaseagrand narrative.Atfirstthisnarrativeisanetiologyofhysteria,butitevolvesintoa masterplotofsexualdevelopmentandlaterintooneofhumanity.The establishmentofanoedipaloriginandtelos,andthemasterplotbasedon them,movespsychoanalysistowardatotalizingtheory,andthereforeits opennesstochanceandsomethingbeyondwhatthattheorycanmasteris greatlyreduced. Iapproachthesetopicsintermsofaquestionoftheethicsof psychoanalysis.ThisappropriativeorreductiveprocessofFreud's masterplottingisbasedonwhatDerridacalls"castration-truth"inhis readingofLacan,"Lefacteurdelaverite."Incontrasttosometheoristswho appealtotheradicalspiritofFreudiantheoryasabasisfortheir radicalizationofpsychoanalysis—specificallyBarnabyB.Barratfs PsychoanalysisandthePostmodernImpulse—IarguethatLacan's phallogocentric"returntoFreud"isactuallyamorefaithfulonesinceIfind both"mainstyles"ofthesepsychoanalysesbasedonalogicoflackor "castration-truth."IarguethroughoutthattheradicalspiritofFreudisat timesoveremphasizedorexaggeratedbyDerrideantheorists—andeven Derridahimself,thoughrarely—andthatthedominantspecterofFreudisan "establishment"orappropriativeone,ratherthanonewhichisradicalor "other-wise."IconnectthistrendofDerrideanthinkersclaimingtoomuch debttopsychoanalysistothesethinkersnottakingseriouslyFreud's commitmenttoandinterestinanidealizedphylogenetics:"phylo-'genetics."' SincemyestablishmentofthisestablishmentspecterofFreudasthe "mainstyle"ofFreudiantheoryitselfrisksreproducingexactlythekindof appropriativediscourseIhopetoproblematize,Iattempttoavoidsucha reproductionbyconsideringwhatremainsoftheradicalspiritofFreudian theoryinwhatmightbecalledadeconstructive"technologyofiterability,"a "cyborg-analysis,"orwhat1call"post(al)-psychoanalysis." THE(DIS)POSICTHIAONPTOEFRA1PETMONSTER PsychoanWWahhlyeesnnisoi,tnfseiunfpdipsn,odssseuidptl,pyiot,sieissdplfsyoy,ucnhidto.fainnadlsysitisselift/sielsf,fosuunppdo—sesdolmye,thtihnatg.fi(nDdesri8t7sealf4.13) JacquesDerrida1 Ipotrh'iasgleilxnutaslr.apoIsrmydceihanonaar,nyaylwoyhutaigtcethpaoripindpteo.nf(stMhiweth8ue2nnc1o5yn)osucigoeuts,rigdeotfrtidheofcesnetxruaalliittyyo,fgtehtericdonocfetphteofthe JulietMitchell In"SomeStatementsandTruismsaboutNeologisms,Newisms,Postisms, Parasitisms,andOtherSmallSeismisms,"JacquesDerridaarguesthatthose "withintheuniversityandelsewherewhoaren'tcompletelyasleepknowthat" titlesofacademicdiscoursessuchaspsychoanalysis,deconstruction,orfeminism "donotcorrespondtoanyclassifiableidentity,toanycorpuswhichcanbe delimited.However,forallthat,thisdoesn'tmakethosetitlesemptyor insignificant.Whattheynameisthemainstyleofeachjetty"(67). Psychoanalysisisthusthe"mainstyle"ofone"theoreticaljetty"in"theopenand p1QFtshruAyeeaclsnhneacadnhanareBilelasyksbtsshete,r,rioetnauehgvseeoup,rptlprafaoaoyssnuueesrprldp,asoottssoneaertrth,eorefmoreeueTlvn.khete.ssSe,PeQotstusrirtoanoucnCuveadvere—todrh,neqcuawctrernholiiiqmtrtuedelesaasctenthhrnoeobtsueoefv.nteochrlTe,lthocmoe'wuefisdsintontgeudlbnbkieol,ttseraeelemsftaeuoadpanptinodhniseenttarogw,bboooqevfuweifar:soeyefus"ln.Ltedrax.oTiuvhvTeeeh.vuesr,bsin passagefromthreetofourviairreducibledoublenessisaconstantthemeinDerrida'sworks" (413n2). nonunified"fieldofforcesthatthedoxatriestostabilizeandobjectifyinorderto fitintoaneatandorderlytaxonomyofdiscourses(65-67passim).HereIwill attempttoestablishthe"mainstyle"ofFreudiantheory,ifnotofpsychoanalysis ingeneral,withrespecttomyversionofthe"mainstyle"deconstruction.A guidingquestionthroughoutthisprojectiswhatistherelationshipbetween thesetwo"mainstyle"theoreticaljetties?Andwhatisthe"mainstyle"spiritof Freudiantheoryoftheincalculable"spectersofFreud"thathauntthe "mainstyle"deconstructionandotheracademicdiscoursesunderconsideration here? The"quasi-concept"(94)of"jetty,"accordingtoDerrida,"hasnostatus" in"theory,"butisusedheretorefer"totheforceofthatmovementwhichisnot yetsubject,project,orobject,notevenrejection,butinwhichtakesplaceany productionandanydetermination,whichfindsitspossibilityinthejetty"(65). "Eachtheoreticaljetty,"Derridacontinues,"entersapriori,originally,into conflictandcompetition"(ibid.)withothertheoreticaljetties:a"convergent competition"(72)ofunstableanddestabilizingpseudo-identitieswhere"each jetty,farfrombeingthepartincludedinthewhole,isonlyatheoreticaljetty inasmuchasitclaimstocomprehenditselfbycomprehendingalltheothers" (65),and"eachspeciesinthistableconstitutesitsownidentityonlyby incorporatingotheridentities—bycontamination,parasitism,grafts,organ transplants,incorporationetc."(66).Derridastatesthatthisprocessof convergentcompetitionandincorporationisbasedona"principleoftaxonomic disorder"(67)andhewonders"towhatkindsofmonstersthesecombinatory operationsmustgivebirth,consideringthefactthattheoriesincorporate opposingtheorems,whichhavethemselvesincorporatedotherones"(ibid.). AccordingtoDerrida,"Monsterscannotbeannounced.Onecannotsay:'Here areourmonsters/withoutimmediatelyturningthemintopets"(80).The presentstudyattemptstobe,Iannouncehere,amonstrouspetprojectthat combinesvariousstylesofthetheoreticaljettiesofpsychoanalysis, deconstruction,andfeminism.InEnglishdepartmentsinNorthAmerica,this typeofcombinatorypetmonster,knownas"theory,"isthenormofthe"trans-, inter-,andaboveallultra-disciplinaryapproaches,which,uptonow[1990],met nowhere,innodepartment,innoareaofanydiscipline"(82). Thepresentstudyismonstrousbecauseitscorpustriestobeofindefinite localewithrespecttotraditionaldisciplines,toeschewtraditionalaxiomatic boundariesbyembracingacertainlitararinessfoundindeconstructionandsome stylesoffeminism;apetbecause,beyondannouncingitselfasamonsterusing predicativeclausesandbeingrequiredtomeettheinstitutionalstandardsofthe university,italsoattemptstobea(transferential)testamenttomypositionasthe properlegatee,alegitimateson,ofacomplexparentagethatwouldseemquite familiartothosedoingthe"theory"ofEnglishdepartmentsinNorthAmerican researchuniversities.TheparentageconsistsofwhatIwillarguearegenerally misunderstoodelementsofpsychoanalysisthataretoorareortoounsupported toconstitutea"mainstyle,"acertain"ms.enabyme"feminism(Elam),anda DerridawhoIhopeisnottoosimplified,especiallybymakinghimonewho wouldbelessresistanttoanysuchpaternityoranygenealogythanheactually is.Itismonstrousbecausethiscomplexparentageresistsbeinganoedipal complex.Itcouldalsobeconsideredapet,however,becausetherearetracesof whatIcall,borrowingfromLuceIrigaray,"hom(m)osexuality"(Iri8598),since thefeminismhere,whichmightbeconstruedasoccupyingthepositionofthe