{"product_id":"eros-beyond-the-death-drive-hardback-9780823298273","title":"Eros; Beyond the Death Drive (Hardback) 9780823298273","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eEros\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eBeyond the Death Drive\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRosaura Martínez Ruiz (Author), Judith Butler (Foreword by), Ramsey McGlazer (Translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780823298273\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 5 October 2021\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e208 pages\u003cbr\u003e20.3 x 12.7 x 1.8 cm, 0.326 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEros\u003c\/i\u003e considers a promise left unfulfilled in Sigmund Freud's \u003ci\u003eBeyond the Pleasure Principle\u003c\/i\u003e. Rosaura Martínez Ruiz argues that when the pleasure principle comes into contact with the death drive (the human tendency toward aggression or cruelty), the psyche can take detours that, without going beyond the limit of the pleasure principle, can nevertheless defer it. \u003ci\u003eEros\u003c\/i\u003e reflects on these deviations of the pleasure principle, in the political sphere and in the intimate realm. \u003cbr\u003e Following these erotic paths, Martínez argues that the forces of the death drive can only be resisted if resistance is understood as an ongoing process. In such an effort, erotic action and the construction of pathways for sublimation are never-ending ethical and political tasks. We know that these tasks cannot be finally accomplished, yet they remain imperative and undeniably urgent.\u003cbr\u003e If psychoanalysis and deconstruction teach us that the death drive is insurmountable, through aesthetic creation and political action we can nevertheless delay, defer, and postpone it. Calling for the formation and maintenance of a \"community of mourning duelists,\" this book seeks to imagine and affirm the kind of \"erotic battalion\" that might yet be mobilized against injustice. This battalion's mourning, Martínez argues, must be ongoing, open-ended, combative, and tenaciously committed to the complexity of ethical and political life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword by Judith Butler\u003c\/i\u003e   vii\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eIntroduction \u003c\/b\u003e  1\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e1.\u003c\/b\u003e The Economy of Alteration: Resistance and Violence   21\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e2. \u003c\/b\u003eThe Economy of Sacrifi ce: Melancholic Elaborations   45\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e3. \u003c\/b\u003eBeyond the Limit of the Death Drive: Eros   65\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePostscript\u003c\/b\u003e: Toward a Community of Duelists   145\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNotes \u003c\/i\u003e  155\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBibliography \u003c\/i\u003e  169\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Fordham University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52580465803544,"sku":"9780823298273","price":75.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/eros-beyond-the-death-drive-hardback-9780823298273","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}