Why War?: Psychoanalysis, Politics and the Return to Melanie Klein
Jacqueline Rose
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Paperback. * Controversial appraisal of the role of the unconscious in our political lives* Deals with the Thatcher phenomenon* Urges radical re--reading of Melanie Klein* Author enjoys celebrity for her controversial book on Sylvia Plath. . Series: Bucknell Lectures in Literary Theory. Num Pages: 288 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JMAF; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 142 x 18. Weight in Grams: 398.
Over the past decade, psychoanalysis has been a focus of continuing controversy for feminism, and at the centre of debates in the humanities about how we read literature and culture. In these essays, Jacqueline Rose continues her engagement with these issues while arguing for a shift of attention - from an emphasis on sexuality as writing to the place of the unconscious in the furthest reaches of or cultural and political lives. With essays on war, capital punishment and the dispute over seduction in relation to Freud, she opens up the field of psychopolitics. Finally in two extended essays on ... Read more
Over the past decade, psychoanalysis has been a focus of continuing controversy for feminism, and at the centre of debates in the humanities about how we read literature and culture. In these essays, Jacqueline Rose continues her engagement with these issues while arguing for a shift of attention - from an emphasis on sexuality as writing to the place of the unconscious in the furthest reaches of or cultural and political lives. With essays on war, capital punishment and the dispute over seduction in relation to Freud, she opens up the field of psychopolitics. Finally in two extended essays on ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Series
Bucknell Lectures in Literary Theory
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780631189244
SKU
V9780631189244
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About Jacqueline Rose
Jaqueline Rose is Professor of English at Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London. Her numerous publications include The Case of Peter Pan or the Impossibility of Children's Fiction (1984) and The Haunting of Sylvia Plath (1991).
Reviews for Why War?: Psychoanalysis, Politics and the Return to Melanie Klein
"In eloquent critiques, Rose explicates the complex, contradictory relations between gender and fantasy, feminism and psychoanalysis, and the dialogue initiated here certainly deserves a wide audience." Anthony Elliott, Times Higher Education Supplement