Di Leo, Jeffrey R. (Hrsg.): The Death Drive

Philosophy, Literature, Theory
CHF 139.00
Einband: Fester Einband
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The first collection to provide an overview of the well-known psychoanalytic theory of the death drive in literary and cultural theory, this book features contributions from a range of prominent scholars working in the area of literature and psychanalysis.

After its Freudian theorization, the death-drive has been re-interpreted by various psychoanalysts (including Melanie Klein, Jacques Lacan, and Slavoj Zizek), philosophers (Jacques Derrida, Gilles Deleuze, and Jean Baudrillard), political theorists (Judith Butler), queer theorists (Laurent Berlant, Lee Edelman), and posthumanist thinkers (Rosi Braidotti).

This volume brings together some of the leading thinkers and theorists about the death-drive as a psychological, aesthetic, and theoretical principle in literary and cultural theory, examining texts by writers such as Plato, Henry James, and Ezra Pound.

ISBN: 978-1-350-46567-1
GTIN: 9781350465671

Über den Autor Di Leo, Jeffrey R. (Hrsg.)

Jeffrey R. Di Leo is Professor of English and Philosophy at the University of Houston-Victoria, USA . He is editor and founder of the critical theory journal symploke, editor-in-chief of American Book Review, and Executive Director of the Society for Critical Exchange and its Winter Theory Institute. He is author, editor, or co-editor of 40 books. His recent books include Contemporary Literary and Cultural Theory: An Overview (2023), Out of Print (2024), and Happiness (2024).Paul Allen Miller is Carolina Distinguished Professor at the University of South Carolina, USA and Visiting Distinguished Professor at Ewha Womans University, Republic of Korea. He has held visiting appointments in Bochum, Paris, and Beijing. He has published eleven books, sixteen edited volumes, and many articles; his latest book is Theory Does not Exist: Comparative Ancient and Modern Explorations in Deconstruction, Psychoanalysis and Rhetoric (2024).

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