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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786305003321

Autore

Flax Jane

Titolo

Disputed subjects : essays on psychoanalysis, politics and philosophy / / Jane Flax

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-136-19412-6

0-203-08481-0

1-283-84216-5

1-136-19413-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvi, 188 pages)

Collana

Routledge library editions: feminist theory

Disciplina

305.42/01

Soggetti

Feminist theory

Psychoanalysis and feminism

Feminist theory - Political aspects

Philosophy, Modern - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1993 by Routledge.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; Preface; Acknowledgments; Overview/Reflections; 1. Minerva's Owl: Fragments of a Thinking Life; Psychoanalysis; 2. Final Analysis: Can Psychoanalysis Survive in the Postmodern West?; 3. Forgotten Forms of Close Combat: Mothers and Daughters Revisited; Politics and Philosophy; 4. Is Enlightenment Emancipatory?; 5. Multiples: On the Contemporary Politics of Subjectivity; 6. The Play of Justice; In-conclusion; 7. The End of Innocence; Author Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

Incorporating autobiography as well as reflections on relations between mothers and daughters, psychoanalysis, feminist theorizing, race, and modernist political theories and philosophies, renowned feminist theorist Jane Flax brings together eight of her most recent essays in Disputed Subjects.'Indisputably required reading ... Lively, sophisticated, and challenging discussions at the crucial intersection of feminist, psychoanalytic, and political ideas. Jane Flax allows her own multiple and conflicting identities into open dialogue, and the result is



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