The God who deconstructs himself : sovereignty and subjectivity between Freud, Bataille, and Derrida / Nick Mansfield.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mansfield, Nick.

Series:

Perspectives in continental philosophy.

Perspectives in Continental philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Derrida, Jacques. Voyous.

Derrida, Jacques.

Freud, Sigmund, 1856-1939.

Freud, Sigmund.

Bataille, Georges, 1897-1962.

Bataille, Georges.

Sovereignty.

Legitimacy of governments.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (144 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Fordham University Press, 2010.

Summary:

No topic has caused more discussion in recent philosophy and political theory than sovereignty. From late Foucault to Agamben, and from Guantanamo Bay to the 'war on terror,' the issue of the extent and the nature of the sovereign has given theoretical debates their currency and urgency. New thinking on sovereignty has always imagined the styles of human selfhood that each regime involves. Each denomination of sovereignty requires a specific mode of subjectivity to explain its meaning and facilitate its operation. The aim of this book is to help outline Jacques Derrida's thinking on sovereignt

Contents:

""CONTENTS""; ""Introduction""; ""1 Economies of Subjectivity: Bataille After Freud""; ""2 Energy, Propriation, Mastery: Derrida on Freud""; ""3 Sovereign Counter-Sovereignty: The Opening of the Gift""; ""4 Sovereign Counter-Sovereignty, Justice, and the Event""; ""Conclusion""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9780823235735

0823235734

9780823238446

082323844X

9780823232437

0823232433

OCLC:

659975245

Publisher Number:

2027/heb08541 hdl