Maurice Blanchot and Psychoanalysis / Joseph D. Kuzma.

• VerfasserIn: Kuzma, Joseph D.,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden,, Boston : : Brill | Rodopi,, 2019.
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: Contemporary Psychoanalytic Studies 27.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (239 pages)

This work offers an exploration and critique of Blanchot’s various engagements with psychoanalysis, from the early 1950s onward. Kuzma highlights the political contours of Blanchot’s writings on Freud, Lacan, Leclaire, Winnicott, and others, ultimately suggesting a link between these writings and Blanchot’s broader attempts at rethinking the nature of human relationality, responsibility, and community. This book makes a substantive contribution to our understanding of the political and philosophical dimensions of Blanchot’s writings on madness, narcissism, and trauma, among other topics of critical and clinical relevance. Maurice Blanchot and Psychoanalysis comprises an indispensable text for anyone interested in tracing the history of psychoanalysis in post-War France.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Copyright -- Introduction: against Interiority -- -- Freud, Lacan, and the Neuter -- On Madness -- -- Anti-Narcissus -- Primal Scenes -- The Trauma of Responsibility -- Maternal Rhythms -- Back Matter -- Works Cited -- Index.