On Homeric psychology
A schizoanalytic reading of the Homeric epics and productive multiplicity.
2026-07
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The Research Archive · Est. 2026
Ishanya Srikanth
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REF · DOM-001
ei·do·logue /ˈaɪdəlɒɡ /
n. From Greek εἴδωλον (eídolon, "image") + λόγος (lógos, "account").
An account of an image — a writing that attends to what remains after the source of the trace is no longer present.
"The Iliad is an eidologue of a war no one remembers." · Pl. eidologues; cf. anamnesis, ekphrasis, palimpsest.
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Class 12 · Pramiti School · India. Reading Homer, Deleuze, Dostoevsky. Playing Shostakovich. Writing poetry since 2016. Asking questions that don't yet have answers.
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Latest Essay
Homeric Psychology and Schizoanalysis
A reading of the Homeric subject as a multiplicity — assembling a schizoanalytic counter to the unitary ego through the epic's own machinic unconscious.