How to Deny it: Melanie Klein’s Legacy

Authors

  • Giustino De Michele Université Paris 8 Vincennes Saint-Denis

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6093/1593-7178/8705

Abstract

This contribution aims to localise and discuss Jacques Derrida’s elaboration of Melanie Klein’s work. This recognition draws on two early references (Of Grammatology, Writing and Difference), where Klein’s contributions to psychoanalysis are esteemed to open the way to a performative approach of the problem of the archi-trace, of generalised writing, and of a positive grammatology. Derrida would not inquire further on this path, at least explicitly. Nevertheless, his insistence on some motifs compatible with Klein’s heritage permits to retrieve her presence in two still unpublished seminars of his, belonging to the Politiques de l’amitié series: Manger l’autre (1989-90) and Rhétorique du cannibalisme (1990-91). Through Sigmund Freud’s positions on negation and on cannibalism, it will be possible to recognise the terms of Derrida’s reprise of those early references to Klein.

Keywords: Archi-critère, Auto-hétéro-affection, Derrida, Grammatology, Trace

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Published

2021-12-09

How to Cite

De Michele, G. (2021). How to Deny it: Melanie Klein’s Legacy. Bollettino Filosofico, 36, 19–33. https://doi.org/10.6093/1593-7178/8705

Issue

Vol. 36 (2021): DECONSTRUCTION AND PSYCHOANALYSIS. FROM DERRIDA ONWARDS

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Focus

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