Bibliograph

The unconcept, the Freudian uncanny in late-twentieth-century theory, Anneleen Masschelein

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The unconcept, the Freudian uncanny in late-twentieth-century theory, Anneleen Masschelein

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The unconcept

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Anneleen Masschelein

Series statement

SUNY series, insinuations : philosophy, psychoanalysis, literature

Sub title

the Freudian uncanny in late-twentieth-century theory

Summary

Explores the conceptualization of the Freudian uncanny in various late-twentieth-century theoretical and critical discourses (literary studies, psychoanalysis, cultural studies, art history, trauma studies, architecture, etc.). The Unconcept is the first genealogy of the concept of the Freudian uncanny, tracing the development, paradoxes and movements of this negative concept through various fields and disciplines from psychoanalysis, literary theory and philosophy to film studies, genre studies, sociology, religion, architecture theory, and contemporary art. Anneleen Masschelein explores the vagaries of this 'unconcept' in the twentieth century, beginning with Freud's seminal essay 'The Uncanny,' through a period of conceptual latency, leading to the first real conceptualizations in the 1970s and then on to the present dissemination of the uncanny to exotic fields such as hauntology, the study of ghosts, robotics and artificial intelligence. She unearths new material on the uncanny from the English, French and German traditions, and sheds light on the specific status of the concept in contemporary theory and practice in the humanities. This essential reference book for researchers and students of the uncanny is written in an accessible style. Through the lens of the uncanny, the familiar contours of the intellectual history of the twentieth century appear in a new and exciting light

Target audience

adult

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