Psychoanalytic perspective on what Western philosophers from Socrates to Foucault have called “the art of living.”
Mari Ruti Boeken
Mari Ruti is Distinguished Professor of critical theory en van gender- en seksualiteitsstudies. Ze is een interdisciplinaire wetenschapper die werkt op het snijvlak van hedendaagse theorie, continentale filosofie, psychoanalytische theorie, culturele studies, traumatheorie, posthumanistische ethiek en gender- en seksualiteitsstudies. Ruti onderzoekt de complexe relaties tussen deze gebieden en biedt nieuwe perspectieven op ons begrip van de menselijke ervaring. Haar werk kenmerkt zich door een interdisciplinaire benadering en een diepe betrokkenheid bij dringende hedendaagse vraagstukken.
The Summons of Love
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- 7 uur lezen
We are conditioned to think love's purpose is to heal wounds, make us happy, and give our lives meaning. When the opposite occurs, and love causes us to feel fractured, disenchanted, and full of existential turmoil, our suffering is compounded by the sense that love has failed us, or that we've failed to experience what so many others effortlessly enjoy.In this eloquently argued, psychologically-informed book, Mari Ruti portrays love as a much more complex, multifaceted phenomenon prompting us to access the depths of human existence. Love's ruptures are as important as its triumph.
Penis Envy and Other Bad Feelings
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- 11 uur lezen
Mari Ruti combines theoretical reflection, cultural critique, feminist politics, and personal anecdotes to analyze the prevalence of bad feelings in everyday life. Proceeding from a playful engagement with Freud's idea of penis envy, Ruti fans out to a broader consideration of neoliberal pragmatism and a trenchant critique of gender relations.
The Singularity of Being offers a Lacanian interpretation on what makes each of us a unique and irreplaceable creature. Focusing on the Lacanian real, it builds a theory of individual distinctiveness while also intervening in critical debates about subjectivity, agency, resistance, the self-other relationship, and effective political and ethical action.