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History After Lacan (Opening Out: Feminism for Today)

By Teresa Brennan

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
1993
ISBN
9780415011167, 0415011167, 0415011175
LCC
D16.8 .B7167 1993
Open Library ID
OL1408659M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
856 kB (876856 bytes)
Series
Opening Out: Feminism for Today
Edition
1
Pages
256\256
Topic
History
Time added
2010-08-30 15:18:36

Description

In this study, Teresa Brennan points to Jacques Lacan's neglected theory of history as proof that he was not at all an ahistorical post-structuralist. In the process of elaborating upon Lacan's theory, Brennan also develops a general historical theory of modernity that runs counter to postmodern assumptions. She asserts that an understanding of historical dynamics is essential if we are to make connections between the outstanding facts of modernity such as ethnocentrism, the relation between the sexes, and ecological catastrophe.

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