Bruno Bosteels: 7 books

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Bruno Bosteels

Einige hoch spekulative Anmerkungen über Kunst und Ideologie (dOCUMENTA (13): 100 Notes - 100 Thoughts, 100 Notizen - 100 Gedanken # 082)

by Bruno Bosteels
Language: German
Release Date: June 1, 2012

In seinem Notizbuch befragt Bruno Bosteels die Beziehung zwischen Kunst und Ideologie. Er schlägt eine Analogie zwischen der Traumarbeit und der Kunst vor, da diese auf die »reflexhaften Gesten« und Annahmen über Kunst aufmerksam macht. Entgegen der Auffassung, dass Kunst per se mit Befreiung,...
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by Bruno Bosteels
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2014

One of the rising stars of contemporary critical theory, Bruno Bosteels discusses the new currents of thought generated by figures such as Alain Badiou, Jacques Rancière and Slavoj Žižek, who are spearheading the revival of interest in communism. Bosteels examines this resurgence of communist thought...
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Literature and Cartography

Theories, Histories, Genres

by Jean-Marc Besse, Bruno Bosteels, Patrick M. Bray
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2017

The relationship of texts and maps, and the mappability of literature, examined from Homer to Houellebecq. Literary authors have frequently called on elements of cartography to ground fictional space, to visualize sites, and to help readers get their bearings in the imaginative world of the...
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Marx and Freud in Latin America

Politics, Psychoanalysis, and Religion in Times of Terror

by Bruno Bosteels
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2012

This book assesses the untimely relevance of Marx and Freud for Latin America, thinkers alien to the region who became an inspiration to its beleaguered activists, intellectuals, writers and artists during times of political and cultural oppression. Bruno Bosteels presents ten case studies...
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Marx y Freud en América Latina

Política, psicoanálisis y religión en los tiempos del terror

by Bruno Bosteels
Language: Spanish
Release Date: June 6, 2017

Este libro analiza la prematura relevancia de Marx y Freud en América latina, pensadores ajenos a la zona que se convirtieron en inspiración para los acosados activistas, intelectuales, escritores y artistas durante los tiempos de la opresión política y cultural. Bruno Bosteels presenta diez estudios...
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Philosophies of Defeat

The Jargon of Finitude

by Bruno Bosteels
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2021

How radical thought has internalized the experience of defeat A rising star of contemporary critical theory offers an expansive critique on a prominent tradition of thought, 'the jargon of finitude.' Associated with Martin Heidegger and Jacques Derrida, over the past few decades this tradition...
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Philosophy and Poetry

Continental Perspectives

by Ranjan Ghosh, Ranjan Ghosh, Lutz Koepnick
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2019

Ever since Plato’s Socrates exiled the poets from the ideal city in The Republic, Western thought has insisted on a strict demarcation between philosophy and poetry. Yet might their long-standing quarrel hide deeper affinities? This book explores the distinctive ways in which twentieth-century and...
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