In the last decade or so, there has been a shift in the popular and academic discussion of our personal lives. Relationships - and not necessarily marriage - have gravitated to the center of our relational lives. Many of us feel entitled to seek intimacy, an emotionally depthful social bonding, rather than simply security or companionship from our relationships. Unlike in a marriage-centred culture, intimacy is today pursued in varied relationships, from familial to friends and to romances. And intimacies are being forged in multiple venues, from face-to-face to virtual, cyber...
In the last decade or so, there has been a shift in the popular and academic discussion of our personal lives. Relationships - and not necessarily ...
Marie-Luise Angerer Nicholas Grindell Patricia Clough
Desire is a term often used in conjunction with the subject. This desire is directed towards the real, which is defined as the generic core of the linguistic order. As a result of the focus on affect, the three terms--desire, the subject, the real--have been fundamentally shaken up and called into question. Affect, in various forms, is now a matter of concern across a wide range of disciplines including neuroscience, psychology, the humanities, and social sciences. All of these fields have a declared interest in affect, in emotions and sensations, in pathos, passions, and the senses. Desire...
Desire is a term often used in conjunction with the subject. This desire is directed towards the real, which is defined as the generic core of the lin...
