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...
Although there have been many attempts to apply the ideas of psychoanalysis to political thought, this book is the first to identify the political ...
From Memento and Insomnia to the Batman films, The Prestige, and Inception, lies play a central role in every Christopher Nolan film. Characters in the films constantly find themselves deceived by others and are often caught up in a vast web of deceit that transcends any individual lies. The formal structure of a typical Nolan film deceives spectators about the events that occur and the motivations of the characters. While Nolan's films do not abandon the idea of truth altogether, they show us how truth must emerge out of the lie if it is...
From Memento and Insomnia to the Batman films, The Prestige, and Inception, lies play a central...
