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The temporal loop of Proust’s Recherche complicates the unidirectional understanding of anamnesis in psychoanalysis, which, in turn, allows for a renewed reading of the temporality of the Recherche, highlighting the intrinsic link between artistic ‘research’ and unconscious affect — at the same time origin, motif, and destination.
Keywords: Marcel Proust; Jean-François Lyotard; affect; afterwardsness; artistic research; time
Title
Recherche II
Subtitle
Anamnesis
Author(s)
Julie Gaillard
Identifier
Description
The temporal loop of Proust’s Recherche complicates the unidirectional understanding of anamnesis in psychoanalysis, which, in turn, allows for a renewed reading of the temporality of the Recherche, highlighting the intrinsic link between artistic ‘research’ and unconscious affect — at the same time origin, motif, and destination.
Is Part Of
Re-
Place
Berlin
Publisher
ICI Berlin Press
Date
22 January 2019
Subject
Marcel Proust
Jean-François Lyotard
affect
afterwardsness
artistic research
time
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Language
en-GB
page start
11
page end
23
Source
Re-: An Errant Glossary, ed. by Christoph F. E. Holzhey and Arnd Wedemeyer, Cultural Inquiry, 15 (Berlin: ICI Berlin Press, 2019), pp. 11–23

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Cite as: Julie Gaillard, ‘Recherche II: Anamnesis’, in Re-: An Errant Glossary, ed. by Christoph F. E. Holzhey and Arnd Wedemeyer, Cultural Inquiry, 15 (Berlin: ICI Berlin Press, 2019), pp. 11-23 <https://doi.org/10.25620/ci-15_03>