Structures of Love, The : Art and Politics beyond the Transference / James Penney.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Penney, James, 1971-

Series:

SUNY series, insinuations.

SUNY series, insinuations: philosophy, psychoanalysis, literature

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Love.

Psychoanalysis--Philosophy.

Psychoanalysis.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 p.)

Place of Publication:

Albany, New York : SUNY Press, [2012]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Both Freud and Lacan defined the transference as the ego's last stand—its final desperate attempt to keep the truth of the unconscious at bay. Both also viewed the transference as a social phenomenon.In The Structures of Love James Penney argues that transference is the concept with which psychoanalysis thinks through the unconscious demands that circumscribe and can sabotage our creative initiatives in the arts and politics. Penney suggests a method of cultural analysis that enables us to identity the transformative potential of genuine artistic and political acts. He stages a dialogue between Lacan's psychoanalysis and the philosophy of Alain Badiou; includes chapters on Frantz Fanon and Jean Genet, Chantal Akerman and Lucien Freud; and explores the aesthetic, political, and ethical consequences of the transference idea, pushing it into exciting new territory.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Preface

The Refusal of Love

Socrates, Analyst

Like a Pack of Rats

Loving the Terrorist

For the Love of Cinema

Naked Love

Notes

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781461907268

1461907268

9781438439747

1438439741

OCLC:

794778844