Lacan, Politics, AestheticsWilly Apollon, Richard Feldstein In this volume, psychoanalysts, cultural theorists, and literary critics demonstrate the relevance of the unconscious economy to the field of cultural studies, applying psychoanalytic criticism to political and aesthetic issues related to the legal and ideological superstructure of contemporary society.These writers have adopted a variety of rhetorical positions when engaging cultural issues that deal with representation, ideology, class, and gender. Contributors include Willy Apollon, Richard Feldstein, Slavoj Zizek, Juliet Flower MacCannell, Judith Roof, Ellie Ragland, Elizabeth J. Bellamy, Bruce Fink, Maire Jaanus, Elizabeth Bronfen, Hanjo Berressem, Peter Widmer, Danielle Bergeron, Lucie Cantin, and Catherine Portuges. |
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... Feminine Politics of Jouissance Juliet Flower MacCannell 31 45 65 A Verdict on the Paternal Function : Law , the Paternal Metaphor , and Paternity Law Judith Roof 101 the politics of mastery The Discourse of the Master Ellie vii.
... Feminine Politics of Jouissance Juliet Flower MacCannell 31 45 65 A Verdict on the Paternal Function : Law , the Paternal Metaphor , and Paternity Law Judith Roof 101 the politics of mastery The Discourse of the Master Ellie vii.
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... function of the prohibition founding the social link , is therefore introduced by the psychoanalytic discourse into the real of the human . Taken from the standpoint of the psychoanalyst who assumes this knowledge of what is creating ...
... function of the prohibition founding the social link , is therefore introduced by the psychoanalytic discourse into the real of the human . Taken from the standpoint of the psychoanalyst who assumes this knowledge of what is creating ...
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... function that politics assigns to the media dis- course of promoting the theatricalization of power on the national level . What then does the ethical questioning focus on ? Beyond what is presented as moral , above a system of implicit ...
... function that politics assigns to the media dis- course of promoting the theatricalization of power on the national level . What then does the ethical questioning focus on ? Beyond what is presented as moral , above a system of implicit ...
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... function of the discourse in the field of representation , while at the same time it entraps jouissance mo- tivating the impossibility inherent in that discourse . The extension of psychoanalysis by its application to realms of ...
... function of the discourse in the field of representation , while at the same time it entraps jouissance mo- tivating the impossibility inherent in that discourse . The extension of psychoanalysis by its application to realms of ...
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... functions as the mir- acle of an immediate incarnation of an objective and neutral Knowledge that serves as a reference point to legitimate the ac- tivity of the Party ( the so - called " knowledge of objective laws " ) . Marx ...
... functions as the mir- acle of an immediate incarnation of an objective and neutral Knowledge that serves as a reference point to legitimate the ac- tivity of the Party ( the so - called " knowledge of objective laws " ) . Marx ...
Contents
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A Lasting Heresy the Failure of Political Desire | 31 |
Subject of the Gaze for Another Gaze | 45 |
A Feminine Politics of Jouissance | 65 |
Ellie Ragland | 127 |
Reading Hamlet with Lacan | 181 |
Drive Desire and Oneiric Narration | 199 |
Gendering Representations of Death | 237 |
Painting the Imaginary Landscapes | 263 |
Muses of Music | 297 |
Aliens and the Psychotic Experience | 305 |
Aliens or Staging the Trauma | 315 |
Durass Minimalist Cinema of Remembrance | 327 |
Index | 337 |
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