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Topics covered include trauma, political violence, and the memorializations of trauma; how French psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan’s concept of “passage à l’acte” can be used to analyze the dissolution of social bonds and the emergence of violence in contemporary societies; and the emergence of necropolitics, necrocapitalism, Afropessimism, and “Lacan noir” on the socio-politico-cultural scene.

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Gustavo Dessal, Stefan Ecks, Peter Goodrich, Marina Gržinic, Rosaura Martinez-Ruiz, Tracy McNulty, Elizabeth Stewart, Calvin Warren, Anthony Wexler

Social Bonds and Catastrophic Acts

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      Publisher: Duke University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 15/12/2023
      ISBN13: 9781478024781, 978-1478024781
      ISBN10: 147802478X

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Topics covered include trauma, political violence, and the memorializations of trauma; how French psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan’s concept of “passage à l’acte” can be used to analyze the dissolution of social bonds and the emergence of violence in contemporary societies; and the emergence of necropolitics, necrocapitalism, Afropessimism, and “Lacan noir” on the socio-politico-cultural scene.

      Contributors
      Gustavo Dessal, Stefan Ecks, Peter Goodrich, Marina Gržinic, Rosaura Martinez-Ruiz, Tracy McNulty, Elizabeth Stewart, Calvin Warren, Anthony Wexler

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