Death, literally. some remarks on Hermann Broch‘s The death of Virgil from a lacanian point of view

Authors

  • Wolfram Bergande Hochschule für Künste

Abstract

Independently from each other, both Broch and Lacan share an interest in developing a new kind of ‚lyrical‘ resp. ‚creative‘ logic. Broch drafts his new logic in his theoretical writings and his letters and realizes it in his The death of Virgil. The so-called von Domarus principle of ‚paralogical thought‘ in schizophrenic psychosis can help to define Broch’s as well as Lacan’s ideas about logic. To frame his ‚lyrical logic‘, Broch makes use of a Christian paradigm, whereas Lacan follows Freud in rejecting religious myths.

Keywords:

Broch, Lacan, Logic, Psychosis, Religion