Towards a rogue reality
Subtitle: Kant to Freud, and beyond
By: S.P. Fullinwider.
Series: Studies in modern European history ;; vol. 26
Publisher: P. Lang; Lang AG International Academic Publishers, Peter
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 270
Subjects: Reality.; Will.; Europe -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.; Europe -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
Description: Arthur Schopenhauer articulated a rogue reality that contrasts with the intelligible (aristocratic) reality defined by Kant as the "thing in itself" and the quantifiable (bourgeois) reality embodied in the notion of energy. The rogue reality provided the brain model for Freud's later works, and the conceptual foundation for the "death drive" of Lacan's theory. The rogue reality is accompanied by a non-Cartesian dualism that is fundamental to the modernist impulse.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [236]-265) and index.