Catherine Malabou: Which Comes First, Yes or No? Bergson, Alain, Freud

Catherine Malabou explores philosophical accounts of affirmation and negation in Bergson, Alain, Freud and Hegel.

The lecture asks whether thought begins with affirmation or with refusal, using Bergson, Alain and Freud to test the relationship between the two. It also considers Hegelian negativity as part of how determination and subjectivity become possible.