Theory of the Death Drive as a Model for Speculative Philosophy: Land, Brassier, Negarestani, and Bataille
This paper deals with Freud’s psychoanalytic theory of the death drive from the perspective of speculative philosophy. For this purpose, three philosophers have been chosen: Nick Land, Ray Brassier, and Reza Negarestani. I claim that they gradually radicalised the Freudian thought: Land expanded it...
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This paper deals with Freud’s psychoanalytic theory of the death drive from the perspective of speculative philosophy. For this purpose, three philosophers have been chosen: Nick Land, Ray Brassier, and Reza Negarestani. I claim that they gradually radicalised the Freudian thought: Land expanded it to capitalist economy and terrestrial geotrauma; Brassier shifted it towards a solar catastrophe and the prospect of extinction; Negarestani incorporated it into the exteriority of cosmic contingency. This way, Freud’s legacy emerges as a transcendental, epistemological and speculative instrument to tackle Meillassoux’s problem of correlation. I consider why this trajectory has ceased: I suggest a hypothesis that Bataille’s influence has not been overcome, especially in the case of Negarestani. I offer several vectors, according to which, Bataille could serve as an opportunity for openness to the Outside and a chance to continue the trajectory of the speculative death drive. I suggest that it is possible to reconsider Bataille as one of the precursors to the contemporary speculative thought.
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| spelling | doaj.art-b4e386b0c1cc473ab96ea7f85dd861372023-04-26T09:46:38ZengVilnius University PressProblemos1392-11262424-61582023-04-0110310.15388/Problemos.2023.103.10Theory of the Death Drive as a Model for Speculative Philosophy: Land, Brassier, Negarestani, and BatailleLinartas Tuomas0Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania This paper deals with Freud’s psychoanalytic theory of the death drive from the perspective of speculative philosophy. For this purpose, three philosophers have been chosen: Nick Land, Ray Brassier, and Reza Negarestani. I claim that they gradually radicalised the Freudian thought: Land expanded it to capitalist economy and terrestrial geotrauma; Brassier shifted it towards a solar catastrophe and the prospect of extinction; Negarestani incorporated it into the exteriority of cosmic contingency. This way, Freud’s legacy emerges as a transcendental, epistemological and speculative instrument to tackle Meillassoux’s problem of correlation. I consider why this trajectory has ceased: I suggest a hypothesis that Bataille’s influence has not been overcome, especially in the case of Negarestani. I offer several vectors, according to which, Bataille could serve as an opportunity for openness to the Outside and a chance to continue the trajectory of the speculative death drive. I suggest that it is possible to reconsider Bataille as one of the precursors to the contemporary speculative thought. https://www.zurnalai.vu.lt/problemos/article/view/30220death drivespeculative realismNick LandRay BrassierReza Negarestani |
| spellingShingle | Linartas Tuomas Theory of the Death Drive as a Model for Speculative Philosophy: Land, Brassier, Negarestani, and Bataille Problemos death drive speculative realism Nick Land Ray Brassier Reza Negarestani |
| title | Theory of the Death Drive as a Model for Speculative Philosophy: Land, Brassier, Negarestani, and Bataille |
| title_full | Theory of the Death Drive as a Model for Speculative Philosophy: Land, Brassier, Negarestani, and Bataille |
| title_fullStr | Theory of the Death Drive as a Model for Speculative Philosophy: Land, Brassier, Negarestani, and Bataille |
| title_full_unstemmed | Theory of the Death Drive as a Model for Speculative Philosophy: Land, Brassier, Negarestani, and Bataille |
| title_short | Theory of the Death Drive as a Model for Speculative Philosophy: Land, Brassier, Negarestani, and Bataille |
| title_sort | theory of the death drive as a model for speculative philosophy land brassier negarestani and bataille |
| topic | death drive speculative realism Nick Land Ray Brassier Reza Negarestani |
| url | https://www.zurnalai.vu.lt/problemos/article/view/30220 |
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