Ghosts: Deconstruction, Psychoanalysis, History

by Peter Buse (Editor), A. Stott (Editor)

Did you know that the father of psychoanalysis believed in ghosts, or that Frederick Engels attended seances? Deconstruction, Psychoanalysis, History is the first collection of theoretical essays to evaluate these facts and consider the importance of the metaphor of haunting as it has appeared in literature, culture, and philosophy. Haunting is considered as both a literal and figurative term that encapsulates social anxieties and concerns. The collection includes discussions of nineteenth-century spiritualism, gothic and postcolonial ghost stories, and popular film, with essays on important theoretical writers including Freud, Derrida, Adorno, and Walter Benjamin.

Genres: Nonfiction

277 pages, Hardcover

First published December 1, 1998

About the author

Peter Buse is Professor in Visual Culture at the University of Salford