Speaking the unspeakable religion, misogyny, and the uncanny mother in Freud's cultural texts
In this bold rereading of Freud's cultural texts, Diane Jonte-Pace uncovers an undeveloped "counterthesis," one that repeatedly interrupts or subverts his well-known Oedipal masterplot. The counterthesis is evident in three clusters of themes within Freud's work: maternity, morta...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press
c2001.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009797963106719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front matter
- CONTENTS
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- Introduction. Misogyny and Religion under Analysis: Masterplot and Counterthesis in Tension
- 1. The Counterthesis in "The Dream Book" and "A Religious Experience": The Beginning and End of Interpretation
- 2. Death, Mothers, and the Afterlife: At Home in the Uncanny
- 3. Jewishness and the (Un)Canny: "Death and Us Jews"
- 4. The Sources of Anti-Semitism: Circumcision, Abjection, and the Uncanny Mother
- 5. Modernity, Melancholia, and the (In)Ability to Mourn: When Throne and Altar Are in Danger
- Epilogue. Guessing at What Lies Beneath
- Notes
- References
- Index
