Freud And The Non-European - Couverture souple

Said, Edward

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1781681457 ISBN 13 : 9781781681459

Editeur : Verso Books, 2014

Synopsis

Using an impressive array of material from literature, archaeology and social theory, Edward Said explores the profound implications of Freud's Moses and Monotheism for Middle-East politics today. The resulting book reveals Said's abiding interest in Freud's work and its important influence on his own.

He proposes that Freud's assumption that Moses was an Egyptian undermines any simple ascription of a pure identity, and further that identity itself cannot be thought or worked through without the recognition of the limits inherent in it. Said suggests that such an unresolved, nuanced sense of identity might, if embodied in political reality, have formed, or might still form, the basis for a new understanding between Jews and Palestinians. Instead, Israel's relentless march towards an exclusively Jewish state denies any sense of a more complex, inclusive past.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Edward Said (1935-2003) was University Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Royal Society of Literature and of Kings College Cambridge. His celebrated works include Orientalism; The End of the Peace Process; Power, Politics, and Culture; and the memoir Out of Place.

Jacqueline Rose is Professor of English at Queen Mary University of London. Her books include Sexuality in the Field of Vision; The Question of Zion ; and the novel Albertine.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Verso Books
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1781681457
• ISBN 13: 9781781681459
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 96
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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