Disavowal
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- Paperback
162 pages
- Release Date
9 October 2024
Summary
This book argues that the psychoanalytic concept of disavowal best renders the structure underlying our contemporary social response to traumatic and disturbing events, from climate change to unsettling tectonic shifts in our social tissue. Unlike denialism and negation, disavowal functions by fully acknowledging what we disavow. Zupancic contends that disavowal, which sustains some belief by means of ardently proclaiming the knowledge of the opposite, is becoming a predominant feature of our…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781509561209 |
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| ISBN-10: | 150956120X |
| Author: | Alenka Zupančič |
| Publisher: | Polity Press |
| Imprint: | Polity Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 162 |
| Release Date: | 9 October 2024 |
| Weight: | 159g |
| Dimensions: | 13mm x 125mm x 188mm |
| Series: | Theory Redux |
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Critics Review
“Conspiracy theories, fake news, climate change denial: all call into question the received duality of faith and knowledge. Disavowal situates itself in between these two poles by constantly reminding us that ‘there is another truth’. Exploring all the complexities of this phenomenon, Zupancic blends analytic rigour with the most delicious humour in the way that only Zupancic can.”
Catherine Malabou, author of Stop Thief! Anarchism and Philosophy
“brilliant”
Critical Inquiry
“undoubtedly impressive”
Radical Philosophy
“Disavowal remains remarkable in offering a tool for further understanding the social strategy of fetishist disavowal as used in capitalist narratives to help justify business as usual.”
Marx & Philosophy Review of Books
Alenka Zupančič
Alenka Zupančič is Professor of Philosophy and Psychoanalysis at the European Graduate School and is a researcher at the Institute of Philosophy at the Scientific Research Center in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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