Title: Inheriting the future
Description: This is an exploration of the notion of 'drive' as it passes from Kant's need of reason, to Freud's concept of hallucinatory wish fulfillment, to the relentless force of indifferentiation in Flaubert's 'Bouvard and Pécuchet'.
Subjects: Criticism and interpretation, Ethics in literature, European literature, History and criticism, Moral conditions in literature, Flaubert, gustave, 1821-1880, Freud, sigmund, 1856-1939, Kant, immanuel, 1724-1804, Literature, modern, history and criticism, 18th century, Literature, modern, history and criticism, 19th century
People: Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880), Immanuel Kant (1724-1804), Sigmund Freud (1856-1939)
Time periods: 18th century, 19th century