Libidinal economy
By: Jean-François Lyotard ; translated by Iain Hamilton Grant.
Series: Theories of contemporary culture
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Bloomington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 275
Subjects: Philosophy; Sex -- Philosophy; Economics -- Philosophy
Description: "This is a philosophical development of the Freudian concept of 'libidinal economy' and one of Lyotard's most important works. In part a response to Deleuze and Guattari's Anti-Oedipus, it can also be seen as culminating a line of modern thought ranging from de Sade, Nietzsche and Bataille, to Deleuze, Klossowski, Irigaray and Cixous. It is thus important in the context of modern French philosophy, and also in its relevance to contemporary thinking on a broad range of questions, including sexual politics, semiotics and literary studies."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-272) and index.
Translation of: Économie libidinale.