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Jay Rothermel
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In a letter to Albert Einstein in 1932, published as “Why War?’, Freud wryly notes that the ‘popularity’ of his theory of the death drive ‘is by no means equal to its importance’. He knows he is on to a winner. How could the notion of the death drive be ‘popular’? A similar point might be made in relation to the ‘place’ and ‘significance’ of the death drive in the context of literary criticism.
— Nov 21, 2023 03:51PM
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Jay Rothermel
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3 hournwalks.do wonders when listening to books. Plus, the last third of this book is a hefty helping of stream of consciousness prose. Whew!
— Nov 23, 2023 03:00PM
Jay Rothermel
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Riveting. Too bad font size and margins are such a trial for the eyes
— Nov 20, 2023 08:13PM
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A book in which every line insists upon being underlined. As I am reading it for the firstvtime, I have resolved to underline nothing.
— Jun 06, 2023 03:02PM
