Gebundenes Buch

The Death Drive

Philosophy, Literature, Theory

Herausgeber: Leo, Jeffrey R Di; Miller, Paul Allen

Beschreibung

"The first collection to provide an overview of the well-known psychoanalytic theory of the death drive in literary and cultural theory, this volume brings together some of the leading thinkers and theorists about the death-drive as a psychological, aesthetic, and theoretical principle in literary and cultural theory"-- Provided by publisher.

Autor

Jeffrey R. Di Leo is Professor of English and Philosophy at the University of Houston-Victoria, USA. He is editor and founder of the critical theory journal symploke, editor-in-chief of American Book Review, and Executive Director of the Society for Critical Exchange and its Winter Theory Institute. He is author, editor, or co-editor of 40 books. His recent books include Contemporary Literary and Cultural Theory: An Overview (2023), Out of Print (2024), and Happiness (2024). Paul Allen Miller is Carolina Distinguished Professor at the University of South Carolina, USA and Visiting Distinguished Professor at Ewha Womans University, Republic of Korea. He has held visiting appointments in Bochum, Paris, and Beijing. He has published eleven books, sixteen edited volumes, and many articles; his latest book is Theory Does not Exist: Comparative Ancient and Modern Explorations in Deconstruction, Psychoanalysis and Rhetoric (2024).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Januar 2026
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9781350465671
• ISBN-10: 1350465674
• Artikelnr.: 73242304