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Enjoying What We Don´t Have: The Political Project of Psychoanalysis
Todd McGowan
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Description for Enjoying What We Don´t Have: The Political Project of Psychoanalysis
Paperback. First book to identify the political project inherent in the fundamental tenets of psychoanalysis Series: Symploke Studies in Contemporary Theory. Num Pages: 364 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JMAF; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 518.
Although there have been many attempts to apply the ideas of psychoanalysis to political thought, this book is the first to identify the political project inherent in the fundamental tenets of psychoanalysis. And this political project, Todd McGowan contends, provides an avenue for emancipatory politics after the failure of Marxism in the twentieth century. Where others seeking the political import of psychoanalysis have looked to Freud's early work on sexuality, McGowan focuses on Freud's discovery of the death drive and Jacques Lacan's elaboration of this concept. He argues that the self-destruction occurring as a result of ... Read more
Although there have been many attempts to apply the ideas of psychoanalysis to political thought, this book is the first to identify the political project inherent in the fundamental tenets of psychoanalysis. And this political project, Todd McGowan contends, provides an avenue for emancipatory politics after the failure of Marxism in the twentieth century. Where others seeking the political import of psychoanalysis have looked to Freud's early work on sexuality, McGowan focuses on Freud's discovery of the death drive and Jacques Lacan's elaboration of this concept. He argues that the self-destruction occurring as a result of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
364
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Series
Symploke Studies in Contemporary Theory
Condition
New
Weight
513g
Number of Pages
364
Place of Publication
Lincoln, United States
ISBN
9780803245112
SKU
V9780803245112
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About Todd McGowan
Todd McGowan is an associate professor of film studies at the University of Vermont. He is the author of several books, most recently The Fictional Christopher Nolan and Out of Time: Desire in Atemporal Cinema.
Reviews for Enjoying What We Don´t Have: The Political Project of Psychoanalysis
Psychoanalysis does not provide new positive political programs; it just discerns the contours of a 'negativity, ' of a disruptive force
the death drive
which poses a threat to every stable collective link. Based on this insight, different psychoanalysts advocated views which were revolutionary, liberal, or conservative. But is this all that is to be said? McGowan's book introduces order into this ... Read more
the death drive
which poses a threat to every stable collective link. Based on this insight, different psychoanalysts advocated views which were revolutionary, liberal, or conservative. But is this all that is to be said? McGowan's book introduces order into this ... Read more