Psychoanalysis, Philosophy And Myth In Contemporary Culture: After Oedipus (studies In The Psychosocial)
by Angie Voela /
2017 / English / PDF
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This book examines the use of myth in contemporary popular and high
culture, and proposes that the aporetic subject, the individual
that ‘does not know’, is the ideal contemporary subject. Using
several contemporary novels, films and theatrical plays that
illustrate aporia – such as
This book examines the use of myth in contemporary popular and high
culture, and proposes that the aporetic subject, the individual
that ‘does not know’, is the ideal contemporary subject. Using
several contemporary novels, films and theatrical plays that
illustrate aporia – such asPercy Jackson and the Lightning
Thief
Percy Jackson and the Lightning
Thief (Riordan, 2007),
(Riordan, 2007),Tron Legacy
Tron Legacy (Koninski, 2010),
(Koninski, 2010),Welcome to Thebes
Welcome to Thebes (Buffini, 2010),
(Buffini, 2010),The
Photographers
The
Photographers (Koundouros, 1998),
(Koundouros, 1998),Prometheus
Prometheus (2012)
and
(2012)
andPrometheus Retrogressing
Prometheus Retrogressing (Sfikas, 1998) – Angie
Voela introduces common ground between Lacanian psychoanalysis and
some of Freud’s most ardent critics, Michel Foucault and Jean
Baudrillard, as well as the cultural philosopher Bernard Stiegler.
These unprecedented systematic comparisons broaden the scope and
impact of Lacanian psychoanalysis in inter-disciplinary debates of
philosophy and culture and Voela argues that apart from dealing
with the past, psychoanalysis must also deal more explicitly with
the present and the future. She presents a unique inquiry into
modern subjectivity that will be of great interest to scholars of
psychoanalysis, philosophy, film, literature and contemporary
culture.
(Sfikas, 1998) – Angie
Voela introduces common ground between Lacanian psychoanalysis and
some of Freud’s most ardent critics, Michel Foucault and Jean
Baudrillard, as well as the cultural philosopher Bernard Stiegler.
These unprecedented systematic comparisons broaden the scope and
impact of Lacanian psychoanalysis in inter-disciplinary debates of
philosophy and culture and Voela argues that apart from dealing
with the past, psychoanalysis must also deal more explicitly with
the present and the future. She presents a unique inquiry into
modern subjectivity that will be of great interest to scholars of
psychoanalysis, philosophy, film, literature and contemporary
culture.
