Marx and Freud in Latin America: Politics, Psychoanalysis, and Religion in Times of Terror

by Bruno Bosteels

The turbulent region through the eyes of Marx and Freud.
Marx and Freud in Latin America seeks to reassess the timeless relevance of the work of Marx and Freud for Latin America, based on the premise that Marxism and psychoanalysis are neither philosophical doctrines nor positivist sciences but rather intervening doctrines of the subject, in political and clinical-affective situations. After going over the possible reasons for Marx and Freud's own missed encounter with the realities of Latin America, the book presents ten studies to argue that art and literature--the novel, poetry, theater, film--perhaps more so than the militant tract or the theoretical essay provide a symptomatic site for the investigation of such processes of subjectivization.

Genres: Psychology, History, Theory, Philosophy, Politics

336 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2012

About the author

Bruno Bosteels is a philologist, a translator, an Associate Professor of Spanish Literature at Cornell University, and the current editor of Diacritics. Bosteels is best known to the English-speaking world for his translations of the work of Alain Badiou. Bosteels has research interests spanning contemporary philosophy and critical theory, and has published over 30 articles in French, Spanish and English.

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