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Enjoying What We Don't Have: The Political Project of Psychoanalysis

Todd McGowan

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Description: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 FreudOCOs early work on sexuality, McGowan focuses on FreudOCOs discovery of the death drive and Jacques LacanOCOs elaboration of this concept. He argues that the self-destruction occurring as a result of the death drive is the foundational act of emancipation around which we should construct our political philosophy. Psychoanalysis offers the possibility for thinking about emancipation not as an act of overcoming loss but as the embrace of loss. It is only through the embrace of loss, McGowan suggests, that we find the path to enjoyment, and enjoyment is the determinative factor in all political strugglesOCoand only in a political project that embraces the centrality of loss will we find a viable alternative to global capitalism.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Enjoying What We Don't Have: The Political Project of Psychoanalysis. To get started finding Enjoying What We Don't Have: The Political Project of Psychoanalysis, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 363

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Release: 2014

ISBN: 0803246234

Description: 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 FreudOCOs early work on sexuality, McGowan focuses on FreudOCOs discovery of the death drive and Jacques LacanOCOs elaboration of this concept. He argues that the self-destruction occurring as a result of the death drive is the foundational act of emancipation around which we should construct our political philosophy. Psychoanalysis offers the possibility for thinking about emancipation not as an act of overcoming loss but as the embrace of loss. It is only through the embrace of loss, McGowan suggests, that we find the path to enjoyment, and enjoyment is the determinative factor in all political strugglesOCoand only in a political project that embraces the centrality of loss will we find a viable alternative to global capitalism.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Enjoying What We Don't Have: The Political Project of Psychoanalysis. To get started finding Enjoying What We Don't Have: The Political Project of Psychoanalysis, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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