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Author: Stonebridge, Lyndsey
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Freud's account of the sublimated drives at work beneath the surfaces of advanced societies, alongside the modernist fictions of Joyce, Proust, Kafka, Woolf and others, both reflected and inaugurated a strain of modernism preoccupied with the darkest elements of the human psyche. In The Destructive Element Lyndsey Stonebridge examines the career and legacy of British psychoanalyst Melanie Klein as a lens through which to examine the 20th century's fascination with death drives, the sublimation of civilization's discontents and the socialization of children--fascinations that would surface throughout the cultural production of the West. At once cultural history and psychoanalytic theory, and a bold reformulation of the legacies of modernism, The Destructive Element is an essential contribution to our understanding of the Western tradition.

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Title The Destructive Element: British Psychoanalysis and Modernism
Author Lyndsey Stonebridge
Binding Hardback
Edition First Edition
Pages 222
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Routledge, New York
Publication date 1998-10-20
Features Annotated, Bibliography, Dust Cover, Index, Table of Contents
ISBN 9780415921602 / 0415921600
Weight 0.88 lbs (0.40 kg)
Dimensions 8.56 x 5.98 x 0.9 in (21.74 x 15.19 x 2.29 cm)
Themes
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Cultural Region: British
Category Psychology
Library of Congress subjects English literature - 20th century - History, Psychology in literature
Library of Congress Catalogue Number 98017442
Dewey Decimal Code 820.911

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