Essays about: "death-drive"
Found 4 essays containing the word death-drive.
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1. A Question of Taste : Psychoanalytic Explorations of Aesthetic Dislike and Bourdieu’s Distinction
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Filosofiska institutionenAbstract : This dissertation approaches the question of taste and aesthetic dislike from a combined sociological and psychoanalytic perspective. Building on Pierre Bourdieu’s sociology of art (most notably La distinction from 1979), I attempt to reconcile a view of aesthetic judgments as acts of distinction with a legitimate subjective dimension of aesthetic enjoyment. READ MORE
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2. Titanic Forces : Trauma, Eros and the Death Drive in Sebastian Barry’s A Long Long Way
University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/EngelskaAbstract : .... READ MORE
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3. Self Betrayal: Marxist and Psychoanalytic Analyses of Emily Brontë’s "Wuthering Heights"
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturerAbstract : This essay is a Marxist and Psychoanalytic approach to Emily Brontë’s "Wuthering Heights". The protagonists Heathcliff and Catherine are dealt with in terms of self-betrayal that bring economic well-being but can shatter the psychic integrity of the whole personality. READ MORE
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4. Fetishism and Displacement in John Fante's The Road to Los Angeles
University essay from Engelska institutionenAbstract : The Road to Los Angeles, the first novel written by Italian-American author John Fante, is most often recognized as a tale concerned with Italian-American alienation, xenophobia and existence on the periphery of mainstream society. This essay, however, aims to analyze the novel from the viewpoint of fetishism. READ MORE