B. Somay

The Psychopolitics of the Oriental Father (eBook, PDF)

Between Omnipotence and Emasculation

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Produktbeschreibung

With a foreword by Slavoj Žižek, this book explores the Father Function in the East in the process of 'Modernisation', arguing that 'Modernisation' and 'Westernisation' are euphemisms for the advent of capitalism in Asiatic and African societies which lead to fatal transformations of the cultural and political incarnatations of the Oriental Father.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. November 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781137462664
• Artikelnr.: 41941533

Autorenporträt

Bülent Somay teaches Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies in Istanbul Bilgi University, Turkey. He has written extensively on the cross-connections of Psychoanalysis, Literature and Popular Culture. His publications include a book on modern utopian fiction in English, The View from the Masthead.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword; Slavoj Žižek Introduction 1. Is East East and West West? 2. The Function of the Father in the East and the West 3. The First Triangulation: Desire, Mimicry, Revolt 4. The Second Triangulation: Desire, Özenti, Envy 5. Europeanness as Masquerade 6. The Primordial Father Reborn 7. The Invention of (Re)Covering Conclusion: Prolegomena for Another Modernity/Authenticity

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Foreword; Slavoj Zizek Introduction 1. Is East East and West West? 2. The Function of the Father in the East and the West 3. The First Triangulation: Desire, Mimicry, Revolt 4. The Second Triangulation: Desire, Özenti, Envy 5. Europeanness as Masquerade 6. The Primordial Father Reborn 7. The Invention of (Re)Covering Conclusion: Prolegomena for Another Modernity/Authenticity