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The Death drive (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not a biological disturbance, but rather, an ontological one.

The Death drive (n.) emerges ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠precisely as result of gap in the order of being between the radical autonomy of subjectivity on the one hand and the threat this poses to the symbolic framework of subjectivity on the other.

The Death drive (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the exact opposite of death. It is the dimension of the 'undead,' of a spectral life which insist beyond (biological) death.

The Death drive (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the idea that life is always sustained by an excess going beyond life, and going even beyond death to the immortal dimension in subjectivity that persist beyond mere existence or biological life.

The Death drive (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not biology but the blind repetition that overrides pleasure and survival: man is an animal sick unto death, bled by an insatiable parasite called language.