double

is a former split-off aspect of the ego that, in an uncanny experience, returns to harass it, leading the subject to experience themselves as something familiar yet other, as out of sorts or out of 'place', as fragmented, disturbed, and de-familiarized.

A prominent theme of uncanniness, according to both Freud and Jentsch, is that of the 'double'. This can be understood in many ways, for instance as the doppelganger or alter-ego. or those split-off, dissociated experiences once expunged from ego-consciousness and now returning to harass the ego so as to be made conscious again. This double aspect of the self leads the subject to an uncanny experience of themselves as something familiar yet other, as out of sorts or out of 'place', as fragmented, disturbed. and. de-familiarized. The double presents itself as two contrasting perspectives that co-exist in one and the same thing. In our everyday experiences, we inevitably prioritize all that is familiar. 'normal', comfortable, and stable, but an uncanny experience provides us with a wake-up call to other possibilities that are latent within. and other perspectives and orientations to life.

is a repetition, another layer, the return of the same, a catching on something else, an imperceptible difference, a coming apart and ineluctable tearing open.

To characterize my book yet another way, I'd bring in one of Foucault's constant themes, that of the double. Foucault's haunted by the double and its essential otherness. I wanted to find Foucault's double, in the sense he gave the word: 'a repetition, another layer, the return of the same, a catching on something else, an imperceptible difference, a coming apart and ineluctable tearing open' (Deleuze Negotiations 84).

is in man's nature. Man is double, because social man superimposes himself upon physical man.

Homo duplex plays a central role in the theoretical framework of suicide. In relation to egoistic suicide, Durkheim noted that 'man is double, that is because social man superimposes himself upon physical man (1951: 213).

is the fact that knowledge has both audio (speaking) and visible (seeing) constituents: We do not see what we speak about nor do we speak about what we see.

We do not see what we speak about, nor do we speak about what we see' (Deleuze Foucault p.109) 'knowledge is irreducibly double, since it involves speaking and seeing, language and light, which is the reason why there is no intentionality' (ibid).

is the idea that after the collapse of their religion, the Gods turned into demons.

The 'double' has become a thing of terror, just as, after the collapse of their religion, the gods turned into demons. (Freud 'uncanny' pdf')

is the recognition that knowledge is composed of seeing on the one hand, and speaking on the other. These two modes represent: A repetition, another layer, the return of the same, a catching on something else, an imperceptible difference, a coming apart and ineluctable tearing open.

To characterize my book yet another way, I'd bring in one of Foucault's constant themes, that of the double. Foucault's haunted by the double and its essential otherness. I wanted to find Foucault's double, in the sense he gave the word: 'a repetition, another layer, the return of the same, a catching on something else, an imperceptible difference, a coming apart and ineluctable tearing open'

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