Libidinal economy
"This is a philosophical development of the Freudian concept of 'libidinal economy' and one of Lyotard's most important works. In part a response to Deleuze and Guattari's Anti-Oedipus, it can also be seen as culminating a line of modern thought ranging from de Sade, Nietzsche and Bataille, to Deleuze, Klossowski, Irigaray and Cixous. It is thus important in the context of modern French philosophy, and also in its relevance to contemporary thinking on a broad range of questions, including sexua…
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- Full title :Libidinal economy / Jean-François Lyotard ; translated by Iain Hamilton Grant.
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"This is a philosophical development of the Freudian concept of 'libidinal economy' and one of Lyotard's most important works. In part a response to Deleuze and Guattari's Anti-Oedipus, it can also be seen as culminating a line of modern thought ranging from de Sade, Nietzsche and Bataille, to Deleuze, Klossowski, Irigaray and Cixous. It is thus important in the context of modern French philosophy, and also in its relevance to contemporary thinking on a broad range of questions, including sexual politics, semiotics and literary studies."--Jacket.
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- Publication Date:1993.
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- Publisher(s):Indiana University Press
- Place of Publication:Bloomington
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:1993.
Notes
Translation of: Économie libidinale.
The Physical Object
- Description:xxxiv, 275 pages ; : 22 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0253336147, 9780253336149, 0253207282, 9780253207289
- oclc:ocm24379965
- LC Classification:BF692
- Dewey Decimal:155.3
Table of Contents
Introduction / Iain Hamilton Grant -- Part One. The great ephemeral skin -- Part Two. The Tensor -- Part Three. The desire named Marx -- Part Four. Trade -- Part Five. Capital -- Part Six. Economy of this writing.
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