The Spoils of Freedom: Psychoanalysis and Feminism After the Fall of Socialism

by Renata Salecl

The Spoils of Freedom examines the rise of nationalist, racist and anti-feminist ideologies in post-socialist Eastern Europe. This provocative study asks what has become of the notions of democracy and human rights.

Genres: Psychoanalysis

176 pages, Paperback

First published July 7, 1994

About the author

Renata Salecl, a philosopher and sociologist, is professor at the School of Law at Birkbeck College, University of London and senior researcher at the Institute of Criminology at the Faculty of Law in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Her books include The Tyranny of Choice and On Anxiety.