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MariaKorusiewicz
AkademiaTechniczno-HumanistycznainBielsko-Biała
TeAjaseComplexandFreudianPsychoanalysis:
SomeNotesontheCulturalConsequencesof
“FoundationalMyths”
Introduction
Itisnotbypurechancethatthefoundationalmythoftheso-called“Western
culture”1isatragicone;themythofalamekingwhosequestforTruthbrought
himintoDarkness,akingwhocommittedthreemajorcrimes(orsins)–pat-
ricide,sacrilegeandincest–butavoidedtheessentialtaskofahero–killing
aMonsterinabloodystruggle.Tenever-endingtaskofsubsequentre-read-
ingsofthestorystartswithFreudianpsychoanalysisandleadsthroughmulti-
pleaspects–Lacan)sversion,andfeministinfluence–interaliaLauraMulvey)s
andJudithButler)sinterpretationsbeingprobablythemostradical–tothevast
fieldofculturaltheorywhereonefacesawholespectrumofpropositionswith
the“anti-Oedipal”ethicsofDeleuzeandGuattariattheoneendandGirard-
ianscapegoatingmechanicsof“Oedipusunbound”attheother.2Tis“workin
1LikemostwritersIputthewords“West”and“East”inquotationmarkstoindicateinsta-
bilityoftheiridentities;however,theymayserveasconvenienttermsindiscussingcross-cultural
issues.
2“IwouldsaythatAnti-Oedipus…isabookofethics,thefirstbookofethicstobewritten
inFranceinquitealongtime(perhapsitexplainswhyitssuccesswasnotlimitedtoaparticu-
larCreadership):beinganti-oedipalhasbecomealifestyle,awayofthinkingandliving).”See
MichaelFoucault,introductionto:GillesDeleuzeandFelixGuattari,Anti-Oedipus.Capitalism
andSchizophrenia,trans.RobertHurley,MarkSeem,andHelenR.Lane(Minneapolis:Univer-
sityofMinnesotaPress,1983),xiii.
“IfFreud)sOedipusisadesiringOedipus,Girard)sOedipusisanimitatingOedipus.…CPsy-
choanalyticmanisforeveranAdamdrivenfromParadisebecausehedevouredorcovetedthe