Discourse, Figure

CONTENTS

CONTENTS introduction The Gold-Bug john mowitt xi DISCOURSE, FIGURE The Bias of the Figural 3 signification and designation Dialectics, Index, Form 23 Recessus and Hyper-Reflection 51 Linguistic Sign? 72 Effect of Thickness in the System 90 Thickness on the Margins of Discourse 103 The No and the Position of the Object 115 Opposition and Difference 129 VEDUTA on a fragment of the “history” of desire 157 the other space The Line and the Letter 205 “The Dream-Work Does Not Think” 233 Desire’s Complicity with the Figural 268 Desire in Discourse 277 Fiscourse Digure The Utopia behind the Scenes of the Phantasy 327 Return, Auto-Illustration, Double Reversal 356 appendix Jean-François Lyotard’s French Translation of “Die Verneinung” by Sigmund Freud 391 notes to chapters 397 notes on figures and plates 481 bibliography 492 index of names 503 index of concepts and german expressions 509 Plate section follows page 480. This page intentionally left blank ...