Theoretical update study on the conceptual renewal of Gilles Deleuze and Sigmund Freud: An exploration of their conceptions on psychoanalysis and repetition

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https://doi.org/10.21142/DES-1703-2025-0050

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Psychoanalysis, desire, unconscious, construction of reality, theory of knowledge

Abstract

This study explores the conceptions of psychoanalysis and repetition in Gilles Deleuze and Sigmund Freud. The objective is to understand how desire functions as a force that generates social realities rather than mere fantasies. The methodology consists of a theoretical and subjective discourse analysis of primary texts by both authors. Among the results, it is noted that Deleuze appropriates Freudian categories, challenging the autonomy of his concepts. The research concludes that such conceptual tension demonstrates the impossibility of absolute theoretical purity, contributing to ongoing debates in the social sciences and humanities regarding the limits of thought and knowledge construction. The paper also presents an interpretative framework outlining the convergence and divergence between both thinkers.

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Author Biographies

  • Nicol A. Barria-Asenjo, Universidad de Los Lagos. Osorno, Chile

    Chilean researcher in Social Sciences and Humanities linked to the University of los Lagos in Chile. Author of essays, books and academic articles published in specialized/academic journals and publishers. Editor of special issues of scientific and academic journals in Latin America and Europe. Author of the books: Žižek: How to think clearly in a world upside down? (Chile, LOM, 2024); Global Manifestos for the Twenty-First Century. Rethinking Culture, Common Struggles and Future Change (Routledge, 2023, edited by Nicol A. Barria-Asenjo, Brian Willems and Slavoj Žižek); Political Jouissance (Bloomsbury, London, 2024, edited by Nicol A. Barria-Asenjo and Slavoj Žižek).

  • Eduardo Alberto León, Flacso-Ecuador. Quito, Ecuador

    BA in Philosophy from Ottawa University. He holds a Master’s degree in Philosophy and Social Thought from FLACSO-Ecuador, as well as a Master’s degree in Education from the International University of Ecuador (UIDE). He holds a PhD in Sociology from FLACSO-Ecuador. He resides in Quito, Ecuador, where he currently conducts research in the field of contemporary ontologies. His research interests include modern philosophy, ontology, sociology of the senses, aesthetics, poststructuralism, politics, and science. He has been responsible for various research projects related to contemporary French philosophy. He is a member of the Deleuze & Guattari Latin American Studies Network. He has published specialized articles on the thought of Deleuze, Guattari, Badiou, Spinoza, Žižek, among other key authors in contemporary philosophical and sociological thought.

  • Gonzalo Salas , Universidad Católica del Maule. Talca, Chile

    Psychologist. PhD in Education. National Award of Psychology, Colegio de Psicólogos de Chile (2018). Maritza Montero Award, Interamerican Society of Psychology (2021). Professor of Doctorate in Psychology Universidad Católica del Maule; Principal Researcher Grant Fondecyt Regular 1211280. «Amanda Labarca: reader, writer and critic. Her intellectual trajectory in the literary and cultural field of the first half of the twentieth century in Chile». He was coordinator Task Force History of Psychology Interamerican Society of Psychology (2017-2021). Peer evaluator of doctoral programs, National Accreditation Commission (CNA), evaluator of panels for Fondecyt (ANID) and evaluator of Becas Chile (ANID). Researcher in History of Psychology. Editor of the book History of Psychology in Latin America. A cultural approach (Springer, 2021).

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2025-08-29

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Theoretical update study on the conceptual renewal of Gilles Deleuze and Sigmund Freud: An exploration of their conceptions on psychoanalysis and repetition. (2025). Desde El Sur, 17(3), e0050. https://doi.org/10.21142/DES-1703-2025-0050

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