Freud's dream of the double

Brian Seitz

pp. 177-193

in: Continental Philosophy Review 47 (2), 2014.

Abstract

While the motif of the double serves a prominent role in Freud's writings from early on, this essay is an examination of the determinative power of the double in two key texts, texts in which specific, new sets doubles emerge for the first time in Freud's career. Totem and Taboo features a double that manifests itself primarily in the form of ambivalence. Beyond the Pleasure Principle features a double that manifests itself primarily in the form of a very peculiar conflict that also entails complicity.

Cited authors

Freud Sigmund