{"product_id":"9788416421442","title":"Thinking, desire and enjoyment: beyond Hannah Arendt","description":"\u003ch2\u003eThinking, Desire, and Jouissance: Beyond Hannah Arendt\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eBook Summary\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis work proposes an original reading of the Holocaust based on the psychoanalytic categories of Jacques Lacan: thinking, desire, and jouissance. The author, Laura C. Arias Rodríguez, engages in a dialogue with political philosophy to analyze the historical production of the subject that made totalitarianism possible. The book expands the analysis beyond the theses of Hannah Arendt, incorporating the dimension of the cultural unconscious. It thus offers a novel theoretical framework to decipher the subjectivity that generates totalitarianism, questioning the principles of knowledge, interpretation, and truth in force until then.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat is it about?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book starts from the event of the Holocaust as a fact that disrupted the foundations of Western thought. The author maintains that this event was not only a historical catastrophe, but that it also traversed the collective unconscious of culture, putting the certainties of traditional science and philosophy into crisis.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThrough a critical dialogue with the work of Hannah Arendt, especially her analysis of the banality of evil and the origins of totalitarianism, the author introduces the tools of Lacanian psychoanalysis. It examines how the categories of thinking, desire, and jouissance operate in the configuration of a subjectivity capable of sustaining and perpetuating totalitarian regimes. The objective is to build a theoretical framework that allows for the understanding of the deep, often unconscious, roots of extreme political violence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eMain Themes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eAnalysis of the Holocaust from a psychoanalytic and philosophical perspective.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eCritique and expansion of Hannah Arendt's thought on totalitarianism and the banality of evil.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eStudy of Lacanian categories (thinking, desire, jouissance) applied to the production of the political subject.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eExploration of the cultural unconscious and its relationship with historical phenomena of violence.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eQuestioning of the principles of truth and knowledge in the human sciences after the Holocaust.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWho is it recommended for?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book is aimed at readers with an interest in political philosophy, psychoanalysis, critical theory, and contemporary history. It is especially relevant for students and researchers seeking theoretical tools to understand the subjectivity behind totalitarianism, as well as for those who wish to delve into the debate between the thought of Hannah Arendt and Lacanian psychoanalysis.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat this book contributes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eAn interdisciplinary perspective that integrates philosophy, psychoanalysis, and political theory to address historical violence.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eA novel theoretical framework for deciphering the subjective and unconscious bases of totalitarianism.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eA critical and expanded reading of Hannah Arendt's work, enriched with Lacanian categories.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eConceptual tools to reflect on the relationship between desire, jouissance, and political action.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eTechnical Data\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Arias Rodríguez, Laura C.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Anthropos Editorial\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Spanish\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong\u003eSubject:\u003c\/strong\u003e Social and political philosophy, psychoanalytic theory, totalitarianism, ethics and moral philosophy, literary essays, religion and beliefs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong\u003eCollection:\u003c\/strong\u003e CRITICAL \/ UTOPIAN THOUGHT\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong\u003eEdition Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 2016\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 435 g\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eEditorial Review\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a rigorous and ambitious work that offers an original reading of one of the most traumatic events of the 20th century. The author succeeds in building a solid bridge between political philosophy and psychoanalysis, offering conceptual tools of great value for those seeking to understand the subjective roots of political violence. It is a demanding, yet rewarding book for the specialized reader or those with prior training in the subjects addressed.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ANTHROPOS EDITORIAL","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53409995784539,"sku":"9788416421442","price":20.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1018\/0650\/6331\/files\/978841642144.jpg?v=1781899723","url":"https:\/\/kalamobooks.com\/en\/products\/9788416421442","provider":"Kalamo Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}