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OverviewLate Capitalist Freud in Literary, Cultural, and Political Theory proposes that late Freudian theory has had an historical influence on the configuration of contemporary life and is central to the construction of twenty-first-century capitalism. This book investigates how we continue to live in the Freudian century, turning its attentions to specific crisis points within neoliberalism—the rise of figures like Trump, the development of social media as a new superego force, the economics that underpin the wellness and self-care industries as well as the contemporary consumption of popular culture—to maintain the continued historical importance of Freudian thought in all its dimensions. Drawing on psychoanalytic theory, literary theory, cultural studies, and political theory, this book assesses the contribution that an historical and theoretical consideration of the late Freud can make to analyzing certain aspects of late capital. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Maria-Daniella Dick , Robbie McLaughlanPublisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG Imprint: Springer Nature Switzerland AG Edition: 1st ed. 2020 Weight: 0.454kg ISBN: 9783030471934ISBN 10: 3030471934 Pages: 180 Publication Date: 17 July 2020 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsContents Chapter 1: Introduction · Theoretical Coordinates · Freud in the Factory · Lobotomized Happiness Chapter 2: A Politics of Freud · The Elite: A Dictatorship of Reason · ‘Locker Room Talk’ Chapter 3: Psycho(social) Media · Freud’s Social Network · The Cyber Superego · Capitalism and Desire Chapter 4: Bodily Economies · Self-Care and the Reality Principle · The Work of Self-Care Chapter 5: Culture in the Age of Death Drive · Kultur and Cultural Production · ‘A Work of Culture’ · Is There Any Escape? Chapter 6: Conclusion: Death Drive EcologiesReviewsAuthor InformationMaria-Daniella Dick is Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Glasgow, UK, and co-author of The Derrida Wordbook (2013). Her research and teaching is in the fields of critical theory and continental philosophy; modernism and modernity; comparative literature; and psychoanalysis. Robbie McLaughlan is Lecturer in English Literature at Newcastle University, UK, and the author of Reimagining the Dark Continent in fin de siècle Literature (2012). He has published extensively on the developmental history of psychoanalytic theory and in its application to contemporary issues. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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