Late Capitalist Freud in Literary, Cultural, and Political Theory

1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-3-030-47196-5
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 180 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 256 g

Late 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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

McLaughlan, Robbie

Dick, Maria-Daniella

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Strömungen & Epochen
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturtheorie: Poetik und Literaturästhetik
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftssysteme, Wirtschaftsstrukturen
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents



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 Ecologies

Über Autor(innen)

Maria-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.