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Record Nr.

UNINA9910484087803321

Autore

Dick Maria-Daniella

Titolo

Late Capitalist Freud in Literary, Cultural, and Political Theory / / by Maria-Daniella Dick, Robbie McLaughlan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2020

ISBN

3-030-47194-2

Edizione

[1st ed. 2020.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (187 pages)

Disciplina

330.122

800

Soggetti

Literature - Philosophy

Literature, Modern - 20th century

Literature, Modern - 21st century

Political science - Philosophy

Critical psychology

Economics

Literary Theory

Contemporary Literature

Political Philosophy

Critical Psychology

Political Economy and Economic Systems

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: A Politics of Freud -- Chapter 3: Psycho(social) Media -- Chapter 4: Bodily Economies -- Chapter 5: Culture in the Age of Death Drive -- Chapter 6: Conclusion: Death Drive Ecologies.

Sommario/riassunto

Late Capitalist Freud in Literary, Cultural, and Political Theory proposes that late Freudian theory has had an historical influence on the configuration of contemporary life and is central to the construction of twenty-first-century capitalism. This book investigates how we continue to live in the Freudian century, turning its attentions to specific crisis points within neoliberalism—the rise of figures like



Trump, the development of social media as a new superego force, the economics that underpin the wellness and self-care industries as well as the contemporary consumption of popular culture—to maintain the continued historical importance of Freudian thought in all its dimensions. Drawing on psychoanalytic theory, literary theory, cultural studies, and political theory, this book assesses the contribution that an historical and theoretical consideration of the late Freud can make to analyzing certain aspects of late capital.