Freud's Drive

Author: Teresa De Lauretis
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Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0230275494

Freud's Drive: Psychoanalysis, Literature and Film (Language, Discourse, Society)

When Freud revised his view of the drives, he was living under the shadow of death and the threat of biological and cultural genocide. Download Freud's Drive: Psychoanalysis, Literature and Film (Language, Discourse, Society) from rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared. Like the early twentieth century, our times are marked by massive geopolitical trauma and shifts in technological, epistemic and sexual-representational practices. This book argues for the renewed relevance of the Freudian theory of drives through a variety of works ranging from cinema and literature to metapsychology and cultural theory. After presenting Freud's successive configurations of the drive in the form of a guide, 'illustrated' with reference to popular films, Teresa De Lauretis discusses two instances of philosophical-political contestation: Foucault's critique of Freud's 'stubborn drive', which served Search and find a lot of education books in many category availabe for free download.

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Freud's Drive education books for free. Like the early twentieth century, our times are marked by massive geopolitical trauma and shifts in technological, epistemic and sexual-representational practices After presenting Freud's successive configurations of the drive in the form of a guide, 'illustrated' with reference to popular films, Teresa De Lauretis discusses two instances of philosophical-political contestation: Foucault's critique of Freud's 'stubborn drive', which served

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