1st Edition

Disputed Subjects (RLE Feminist Theory) Essays on Psychoanalysis, Politics and Philosophy

By Jane Flax Copyright 1993
208 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

Incorporating autobiography as well as reflections on relations between mothers and daughters, psychoanalysis, feminist theorizing, race, and modernist political theories and philosophies, renowned feminist theorist Jane Flax brings together eight of her most recent essays in Disputed Subjects . ‘Indisputably required reading ... Lively, sophisticated, and challenging discussions at the... Read more

Preface.  Acknowledgements.  Overview/Reflections.  1. Minerva’s Owl: Fragments of a Thinking Life.  Psychoanalysis.  2. Final Analysis: Can Psychoanalysis Survive in the Postmodern West?  3. Forgotten Forms of Close Combat: Mothers and Daughters Revisited.  Politics and Philosophy.  4. Is Enlightenment Emancipatory?  5. Multiples: On the Contemporary Politics of Subjectivity  6. The Play of Justice.  In-conclusion.  7. The End of Innocence.  Author Index.  Subject Index.

Biography

Flax, Jane