Freud is not dealing with any repetition residing in the natural, no return of need…Repetition demands the new. It is turned towards the ludic, which finds its dimension in this new…Whatever, in repetition, is varied, modulated, is merely alienation of its meaning. The adult, and even the more advanced child, demands something new in his activities, in his games. But this ‘sliding away’ (glissement) conceals that what is the true secret of the ludic, namely, the most radical diversity constituted by repetition itself (61).
[cf. Deleuze on Freudian repetition] Dan suggests that D&R is largely a response to this interpretation of Freud/repetition. This quote may already be the kernel of the idea, though: ‘variation’ and ‘modulation’ opposed to ‘radical diversity.’
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