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Although there have been many attempts to apply the ideas of psychoanalysis to political thought, this book is the first to identify the political project inherent in the fundamental tenets of psychoanalysis. And this political project, Todd McGowan contends, provides an avenue for emancipatory politics after the failure of Marxism in the twentieth century.

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Introduction: Psychoanalytic Hostility to PoliticsPart I: SubjectivityChapter 1: The Formation of SubjectivityChapter 2: The Economics of the DriveChapter 3: Class Status and EnjoymentChapter 4: Sustaining AnxietyChapter 5: Changing the WorldPart II: SocietyChapter 6: The Appeal of SacrificeChapter 7: Against KnowledgeChapter 8: The Politics of FantasyChapter 9: Beyond Bare LifeChapter 10: The Necessity of BeliefChapter 11: The Case of the Missing SignifierConclusion: A Society of the Death Drive

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      Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
      Publication Date: 01/07/2013
      ISBN13: 9780803245112, 978-0803245112
      ISBN10: 0803245114
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Although there have been many attempts to apply the ideas of psychoanalysis to political thought, this book is the first to identify the political project inherent in the fundamental tenets of psychoanalysis. And this political project, Todd McGowan contends, provides an avenue for emancipatory politics after the failure of Marxism in the twentieth century.

      Table of Contents
      Introduction: Psychoanalytic Hostility to PoliticsPart I: SubjectivityChapter 1: The Formation of SubjectivityChapter 2: The Economics of the DriveChapter 3: Class Status and EnjoymentChapter 4: Sustaining AnxietyChapter 5: Changing the WorldPart II: SocietyChapter 6: The Appeal of SacrificeChapter 7: Against KnowledgeChapter 8: The Politics of FantasyChapter 9: Beyond Bare LifeChapter 10: The Necessity of BeliefChapter 11: The Case of the Missing SignifierConclusion: A Society of the Death Drive

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