Desire and Its Discontents

by Eugene Goodheart

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Challenging the imperialism of desire in contemporary academic discourse Goodheart confronts a crucial strain of utopianism in modern thought and literature. This utopianism is the position of desire in modern culture. Goodheart argues that the classic moderns (Proust, Durkheim, Mann, and Lawrence) appreciated desire for its potential to liberate the imagination, but also understood its tendencies toward destructiveness. Since the "cultural revolution"...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0231076428

ISBN13:9780231076425

Release Date:January 1991

Publisher:Columbia University Press

Length:224 Pages

Weight:1.00 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

Related Subjects

Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Modern (16th-21st Centuries)

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