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- Brock, Maria
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Mr Putin : Operative in the Kremlin
- 2014
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Ingår i: Cold War History. - : Informa UK Limited. - 1468-2745 .- 1743-7962. ; 14:2, s. 289-291
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Recension (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)
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- Brock, Maria
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Review of Lacanian ethics and the assumption of subjectivity
- 2012
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Ingår i: Journal for the Psychoanalysis of Culture & Society. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 1088-0763 .- 1543-3390. ; 17:1, s. 102-104
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Recension (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Reviews the book, Lacanian Ethics and the Assumption of Subjectivity by Calum Neill (2011). This book aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the French psychoanalyst’s ideas on subjectivity and ethics to academics and students at the postgraduate level. It represents a useful starting point for an exploration of the central Lacanian notion of the split subject, along with some related ideas such as fantasy, desire and the drive. The author is consistently thorough in his interpretations, and in his clear style he follows every argument through to its conclusion. The author is consistently thorough in his interpretations, and in his clear style he follows every argument through to its conclusion. It could be said that, while this book is largely about impossibilities, it is by no means an impossible book. The author's erudition and rigor make it a brilliant evocation of both Lacanian and traditional ethical thought. Whether the book’s conclusion proves to be satisfactory to readers depends largely on their interest in, and commitment to, Lacanian theory.
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- Brock, Maria
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Review of Psychoanalysis outside the clinic: Interventions in psychosocial studies
- 2011
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Ingår i: Journal for the Psychoanalysis of Culture & Society. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 1088-0763 .- 1543-3390. ; 16:1, s. 107-109
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Recension (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Reviews the book, Psychoanalysis outside the clinic: Interventions in pychosocial studies by Stephen Frosh (2011). Through a detailed exposition of existing scholarly endeavors, the book illustrates how these concepts can be applied to issues of a transindividual nature. At the same time, the book tries to rein in those enthusiasts who believe that psychoanalytic knowledge, with its emphasis on affect and the unconscious, holds the missing elements to a Grand Theory of the Social. One way of reading this book is therefore as a review of previous efforts to transcend the original analyst-analysand dyad. Each chapter looks at a different area and sub discipline that has experienced an influx of psychoanalytic ideas, including literary studies, social psychology and ethics. The author always remains critical of the dogmatic tendencies of psychoanalytic thinking, which at times appears to want to install its mode of viewing the social world as a new 'Master Discourse'. This development effects a domestication of its ideas, a 'blunting of the subversive edge of psychoanalysis'. This book is not likely to convert those sceptical of the discipline's tenets; and, though it might disappoint those searching for an impassioned argument for the explanatory potency of psychoanalysis, it nevertheless provides an indispensable guide to existing interdisciplinary efforts.
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