Overview
Discusses how today the most pertinent question might not be ‘what is my truth?’ but ‘how will I recognise truth when I come across it?'
Produces a new and truly interdisciplinary account of myth in contemporary culture
Draws attention to the rise of the aporetic subject as a necessary metaphor for contemporary subjectivity
Part of the book series: Studies in the Psychosocial (STIP)
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Angie Voela is a senior lecturer in Psychosocial Studies at the University of East London, UK. She has published in a number of journals and co-edited We Need to Talk About Family: Essays on Neoliberalism, the Family and Popular Culture.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Psychoanalysis, Philosophy and Myth in Contemporary Culture
Book Subtitle: After Oedipus
Authors: Angie Voela
Series Title: Studies in the Psychosocial
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-48347-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science and Psychology, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-48346-1Published: 29 August 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-48347-8Published: 09 August 2017
Series ISSN: 2662-2629
Series E-ISSN: 2662-2637
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 241
Topics: Self and Identity, Psychoanalysis, Social Philosophy, Regional and Cultural Studies