Fear of Breakdown Politics and Psychoanalysis |
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| Author:
| McAfee, Noëlle |
| Series title: | New Directions in Critical Theory Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-231-19268-2 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2019 |
| Publisher: | Columbia University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $90.00 |
Book Description:
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Noëlle McAfee uses psychoanalytic theory to explore the subterranean anxieties behind current crises and the ways in which democratic practices can help work through seemingly intractable political conflicts. Fear of Breakdown contends that politics needs something that only psychoanalysis has been able to offer.
Noëlle McAfee uses psychoanalytic theory to explore the subterranean anxieties behind current crises and the ways in which democratic practices can help work through seemingly intractable political conflicts. Fear of Breakdown contends that politics needs something that only psychoanalysis has been able to offer.