Two Regimes of Madness: Texts and Interviews 1975-1995 (Semiotext(e) Foreign Agents)

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maximun and mnrirnun ofcurrency {lomtion). This is rLc sigDjlicance of DoDzelot'.s corDparison belwcen Frcud and Kei.nes: it is ntuch more rlrrn a rnetaphoL. In parriculaa the speciJ role of moncy io psychoanalysis no lorgcr needs ro L'e irr€rpftted mdcr old free marher stand.rrds or rvidr inept svrnbolic forms. h bccomes

Irron drc "bass" linc to the floating linc, rvith all ofthe o$cr lincs in-betrveen (conjugal, philanthropic. hygienic, indusuial)' U"r',n"r lrr. drqr' .h. mr.' "' rl' o,rrl fiorn i' 'nrergcr' , t" its enpansior. He shorvs us dre binh of the NIodcLn Llybridr how desires and powers, $c new demands lor conrol but also the ncw ebilnies foL rcsist.rnce and liberation arc oLganized and conlionr cach other on thesc lines. "Having a room ro oneself" is a desire, bur also e control. ti,nversell', a rcgulatory mechanism is haurted by what overliows it and makes it burst lrom rhe iftide The fact drat Donzelor lers his naders dLaw their own provisional conclLxions is not a sign of indifflrence, bur dre direcrion ofhis

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