{"product_id":"why-war-psychoanalysis-politics-and-the-return-to-melanie-klein-paperback","title":"Why War?: Psychoanalysis, Politics and the Return to Melanie Klein - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJacqueline Rose\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver the past decade, psychoanalysis has been a focus of continuing controversy for feminism, and at the centre of debates in the humanities about how we read literature and culture. In these essays, Jacqueline Rose continues her engagement with these issues while arguing for a shift of attention - from an emphasis on sexuality as writing to the place of the unconscious in the furthest reaches of or cultural and political lives. With essays on war, capital punishment and the dispute over seduction in relation to Freud, she opens up the field of psychopolitics. Finally in two extended essays on Melanie Klein and her critics, she suggests that it is time for a radical rereading of Klein's work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat is so compelling about war? On what powers of fascination and repulsion did Margaret Thatcher draw? What part does unconscious fantasy play in the way our political identities are formed? Why has there been so much dispute over the work of Melanie Klein? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver the past decade, psychoanalysis has been a focus of continuing controversy for feminism, and at the center of debates in the humanities about how we read literature and culture. In these essays, Jacqueline Rose continues her engagement with these issues while arguing for a shift of attention - from an emphasis on sexuality as writing to the place of the unconscious in the furthest reaches of our cultural and political lives. With essays on war, capital punishment and the dispute over seduction in relation to Freud, she opens up the field of psychopolitics. Finally in two extended essays on Melanie Klein and her critics, she suggests that it is time for a radical rereading of Klein's work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJaqueline Rose\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of English at Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London. Her numerous publications include \u003ci\u003eThe Case of Peter Pan or the Impossibility of Children's Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e (1984) and \u003ci\u003eThe Haunting of Sylvia Plath\u003c\/i\u003e (1991).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.72 x 8.52 x 5.56 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42737143316543,"sku":"9780631189244","price":110.05,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/70a4ce6c50d31beb04bfcf010474339a.webp?v=1765148974","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/why-war-psychoanalysis-politics-and-the-return-to-melanie-klein-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}