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TERM AND TRANSLATION

impulse-image

image-pulsionimpulse-image

The atlas uses 冲动—影像 for pulsion as an autonomous intensity extending affection toward action before action becomes organized. Diagnosis first distinguishes four structural terms—originary world/derived milieu and elementary impulse/real behaviour—then two classes of signs: a symptom manifests impulse, while a fetish is the appearance of the seized object-fragment. The psychoanalytic variant 驱力 remains searchable without reducing Deleuze's cinematic type to an inner motive.

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Atlas working translation

冲动—影像

French term
image-pulsion
English term
impulse-image
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Variants and search terms

  • 冲动影像Simplified record
  • 驱力—影像Simplified record
  • 驱力影像Simplified record
  • 衝動—影像Traditional record
  • 衝動影像Traditional record
  • 驅力—影像Traditional record
  • 驅力影像Traditional record
  • impulse-imageCommon / non-Chinese record
  • impulse imageCommon / non-Chinese record
  • image-pulsionCommon / non-Chinese record
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Conceptual boundary

The four structural terms must form a relation, but symptom and fetish are two types of signs, not extra structural coordinates, and need not both appear. Stroheim proceeds through decay, descent, and entropy, while Buñuel proceeds through repetition, cycles, and restart; these likewise are not cumulative requirements for every case. Strong desire, violence, or animality alone remains insufficient.

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Sources and translations

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    Gilles Deleuze, Cinéma 1. L’image-mouvement, Minuit, 1983

    French primary text and terminological baseline.

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    《电影1：运动—影像》，谢强、马月译，湖南美术出版社，2016

    Published Mainland Chinese translation documenting established forms and edition differences.

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    《電影 I：運動—影像》，黃建宏译，远流，2003

    Traditional Chinese volume I; ISBN 9789573250180. Pagination applies to this edition only.

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  4. 04
    The Deleuze Seminars, Purdue University

    Seminar transcripts and translations; citations identify lecture, date, and language version.

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    Time-Image Research Atlas terminology policy, v1

    Atlas terms govern prose, aliases remain searchable, and original-language forms accompany first use.

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Related concepts and terms