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Book Synopsis'Political anthropology' as the major contemporary importance in Deleuze’s work This work explores the significance of two recurring themes in the thought of Gilles Deleuze: his critique of psychoanalysis and praise for Anglo-American literature. Tracing the overlooked influence of English writer D.H. Lawrence on Deleuze, Rockwell Clancy shows how these themes ultimately bear on two competing 'political anthropologies', conceptions of the political and the respective accounts of philosophical anthropology on which they are based. Contrary to the mainstream of both Deleuze studies and contemporary political thought, Clancy argues that the major contemporary importance of Deleuze’s thought consists in the way he grounds his analyses of the political on accounts of philosophical anthropology, helping to make sense of the contemporary backlash against inclusive liberal values evident in forms of political conservatism and religious fundamentalism. This publication is GPRC-labeled (Guaranteed Peer-Reviewed Content).Trade ReviewThis is an ambitious book that makes significant contributions to Deleuze studies. Clancy’s advocacy of a Deleuzian political anthropology offers a provocative alternative to previous accounts of Deleuze’s political philosophy, especially in its valorization of the arts as primary forces in the creation of a viable collectivity. Clancy’s exposition of Lawrence’s critical works, especially his books on psychoanalysis, brings to the fore texts that have been ignored by Deleuze scholars, and the parallels he draws between Lawrence and Deleuze/Guattari are striking. Readers will have to decide for themselves to what extent the parallels are signs of Lawrence’s influence on his successors or a mere confluence of interests. There is no doubt that Lawrence is the primary source of Deleuze’s understanding of Anglo-American literature in general and Whitman in particular. But one might well argue that Deleuze and Guattari developed their critique of psychoanalysis independently of Lawrence and simply saw in him a welcome ally in their struggle against the pieties of the Oedipus complex. Whether the Lawrence-Deleuze/Guattari connection constitutes influence or a confluence of interest, however, is of little moment. What counts is the connection itself, which in Clancy’s treatment gives rise to an original and compelling reading of Deleuze and Guattari, one that deserves the serious attention of everyone in the field.Ronald Bogue, Journal of French and Francophone Philosophy - Revue de la philosophie française et de langue française, Vol XXVI, No 1 (2018) pp 134-137 * Journal of French and Francophone Philosophy - Revue de la philosophie française et de langue française *Table of ContentsAcknowledgementsAbbreviationsPrefaceFrom Psychoanalysis and Literature to Political Anthropology IntroductionDeleuze, Politics, and the Problem of Human Nature1. Politics and the Problem of Human Nature: Political Anthropology 2. Deleuze and the Problem of Human Nature: Philosophical AnthropologyChapter OneThe Metaphysics of PsychoanalysisIntroduction: Psychoanalysis as Idealism and D.H. Lawrence1. Philosophy and Literature in Lawrence2. Psychoanalytic Reading in Freud, Bonaparte, and Lacan 3. A Note on “Pollyanalytics” and Problem of Critique 4. Praxis and Philosophical Anthropology in Marx and Engels 5. A Substance Theory of Mind and Theological Motivations in Descartes 6. Experiential Unity and Transcendental Subjectivity in Kant 7. Spirit as Ground and the Dialectical Method in Hegel 8. Marx versus Descartes, Kant, and Hegel 9. Lawrence’s Conception of the Unconscious 10. Lawrence and the Psychoanalytic Tradition: Drive Theories and Individuation 11. Familial Relations, according to Lawrence12. The Individual and Society, according to Lawrence Conclusion Chapter TwoThe Metaphysics of Classic American LiteratureIntroduction: Language, Literature, and Lawrence 1. Classic American Literature and American Identity 2. Changing Identity by Changing the Blood 3. New Criticism and Reader Response: The Same Old Problem 4. Classic American Literature: Conditions Material and Ideal, Body and Mind 5. Spinoza and Lawrence: Parallelism and Classic American Literature 6. Individuals, Community, and Sympathy: Lawrence and Spinoza 7. Sympathy and Multitude: Anti-Democracy and Fascism Conclusion Chapter ThreeReading Anti-Oedipus from behind with LawrenceIntroduction: From a Critique of Psychoanalysis… 1. A Note on Metaphysics: The Organic Model 2. The Specificity of Schizophrenic Experience 3. A Materialist Conception of the Unconscious 4. Syntheses of the Unconscious 5. Connective Synthesis 6. Disjunctive Synthesis 7. Conjunctive Synthesis 8. Social Machines 9. Primitive Territorial Machine 10. Barbarian Despotic Machine 11. Civilized Capitalist Machine ConclusionChapter FourAnglo-American Literature as a Philosophical Concept Introduction: …to the Superiority of Anglo-American Literature1. The Line of Flight: Exiting versus Leaving2. Anglo-American Literature: Individuals and Community 3. Tricksters versus Traitors: Imitation versus Becoming 4. Hume and the Exteriority of Relations 5. Spinoza, Parallelism, and Affects 6. Bodies, Events, and the Stoics 7. Assemblages and the Political Conclusion Chapter FiveThe Political Significance of Opinion, Philosophy, and ArtIntroduction: Opinion as a Problem 1. Elements of Opinion 2. Development of Opinion in Relation to Chaos: Denial 3. Political Significance of Opinion: Creating Consensus 4. Elements of Philosophy and Art 5. Relation of Philosophy and Art to Chaos: Uneasy Alliance 6. Political Significance of Philosophy and Art: Inventing a People, Making BrainsConclusion Chapter SixCreating a People to Come Introduction: Liberalism and its Failures 1. Inclusive Particularism: THe Political Significance of Philosophy and Art 2. D.H. Lawrence, Christianity, and Fundamentalism 3. The Meaning(s) of Revelation 4. Christianity: Aristocratic and Popular 5. Selves: Individual and Collective 6. People and Power 7. T.E. Lawrence, Arabs, and Exclusivism 8. The Creation of Shame as an Affect 9. The Political Significance of Literature 10. Becoming (with but not like) Arab 11. Walt Whitman, America, and Nationalism 12. The Specificity of American Experience 13. An Alliance with Nature as Fragmented Reality 14. The Creation of Relations as Camaraderie Conclusion ConclusionPolitical Anthropology, Liberalism, and DeleuzeBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisEtudes philosophiques des cas freudiens Dora, l’Homme aux rats, Hans, le Président Schreber, l’Homme aux loups… les cas freudiens sont célèbres, mais que sont-ils vraiment : des aperçus biographiques ? Des récits de cure ? On y a longtemps vu des témoignages de la manière dont les théories freudiennes ont « jailli » de l’expérience clinique. Les articles de ce recueil y font voir autre chose : des échantillons d’une pensée qui s’essaie, se met à l’épreuve, se corrige et se réinvente sans cesse ; des analyses qui interrogent la tension toujours précaire entre le normal et le pathologique. Psychanalyse et philosophie se rencontrent ici : qu’est-ce que bien vivre ? Etre en bonne santé, sans doute, s’il est vrai, comme l’affirme Freud, qu’il n’y a d’âme qu’incarnée. Mais existe-t-il une santé de l’âme ? Que serait une santé qui soit autant psychique que corporelle ? Les commentaires des grands cas freudiens réunis dans ce volume circulent à travers l'oeuvre fondatrice de la psychanalyse en questionnant autant qu'en instruisant.Philosophical analysis of Freud’s case studiesDora, the Rat Man, Little Hans, Judge Schreber, the Wolf Man ... Freud’s case studies are famous, but what are they really: biographical insights? Mere reports on therapy? They have long been considered as testimonials of how Freud’s theories originated in clinical experience. The articles in this collection, however, deal with these cases both as examples of a mode of thought that constantly examines, challenges, corrects and reinvents itself, and as examples of analyses that question the always precarious tension between the normal and the pathological. Psychoanalysis and philosophy come together here: what does ‘living well’ mean? To be healthy, no doubt, since, as stated by Freud, there is only incarnated soul. Does mental health exist? How are we to conceive health that is both psychological and corporeal? The commentaries on Freud’s best-known case studies in this volume flow through the founding work of psychoanalysis in a questioning as well as explanatory way. This publication is GPRC-labeled (Guaranteed Peer-Reviewed Content).Collaborateurs / Contributors Jens De Vleminck (Ghent University), Tomas Geyskens (Leuven), Elissa Marder (Emory University, Atlanta), Beatriz Santos (Paris), Patrick Vandermeersch (University of Groningen), Philippe Van Haute (Radboud Universiteit, Nijmegen), Herman Westerink (Radboud Universiteit, Nijmegen)Table of ContentsIntroduction Gilles RibaultLe cas Dora, un savoir en fragmentsBeatriz SantosL'amour sur la pointe des pieds. Réflexions sur l'amour et la vie dans la Gradiva de Freud Gilles RibaultLe Petit Hans et la Création de Dieu dans Totem et Tabou. Projection, substitution et exaltation Herman WesterinkColère, jouissance et compulsion de doute. Une symptomatologie freudienne de la névrose de contraintePhilippe Van Haute et Tomas GeyskensCaïn contre OEdipe. L'agressivité humaine et ses enjeuxJens De VleminckLe Schreber de Freud. La réponse manquée à JungPatrick VandermeerschL'Homme aux loups. L'animal sexuel et la scène primitive Elissa MarderFinal. Pourquoi des cas ? Gilles RibaultPrésentation des auteurs

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Book SynopsisThe question of truth within the construction of knowledge on suffering.Although truth occupies a central position in philosophy and the philosophy of science, there is much debate about its actual role in scientific practice. Truth and Suffering explores different conceptions of truth and their profound influence on our understanding and approach to suffering. By discussing how different definitions of truth shape distinct ways of producing knowledge, the analysis prompts reflection on the impact of knowledge production on people''s lives.Drawing on the work of authors from psychoanalysis and the philosophy of science, this book challenges dominant mental health paradigms, particularly the hegemony of biologic psychiatry. It resists attempts to naturalise symptoms and emphasises the need for ethical and political factors to be consistently taken into account when addressing suffering.Offering a clear and original approach to an importa

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Book SynopsisA critical edition of one of the key texts in psychoanalysis.Sigmund Freud's Beyond the Pleasure Principle stands as a foundational text in psychoanalysis, delving into profound questions about life, death, pleasure and pain. Through a combination of contextualising and philosophical contributions, this critical edition and commentary sheds new light on Freud's text. In a series of contributions spanning approaches from historical exegesis to philosophical reflections on key concepts and ideas presented in Beyond the Pleasure Principle, the evolution and inconsistencies found in the various versions of the text are highlighted. Particular emphasis is placed on the conceptualisation of trauma and drive theory. These commentaries also provide context for the work, examining its position within the Freudian corpus, its role in the collaborative project with Sándor Ferenczi in speculative bioanalysis, and its clinical insights into war neuroses,

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Book SynopsisA timely contribution in this era of authoritarianism, right-wing populist movements, identity formation, and political correctness. In groups the most contradictory ideas can exist side by side and tolerate each other, without any conflict arising from the logical contradiction between them, wrote Freud in his 1921 book Group Psychology and the Analysis of the Ego. One hundred years later, in an age of war, social networks, and ubiquitous threats to democracy, the questions raised by Freud are as relevant as ever. In today's mass and group formations, psychological processes and mechanisms can be recognized as they were described by Freud a century ago: compliance, hypnotization, regression, idealization, identification, and fusion with the Other. This anthology is the result of an interdisciplinary symposium organized by the Sigmund Freud Museum, Vienna. In their contributions, scholars from psychoanalysis, philosophy, sociology and literary studies present critical re-readings of the text and focus on current issues such as the rise of right-wing populist movements, the role of the narcissistic leader, and mass phenomena in the digital age. This book will be made open access within three years of publication thanks to Path to Open, a program developed in partnership between JSTOR, the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS), University of Michigan Press, and The University of North Carolina Press to bring about equitable access and impact for the entire scholarly community, including authors, researchers, libraries, and university presses around the world. Learn more at https://about.jstor.org/path-to-open/

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