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Description for On Matricide
Despite advances in feminism, the "law of the father" remains the dominant model of Western psychological and cultural analysis, and the law of the mother continues to exist as an underdeveloped concept. This title challenges the primacy of Oedipus myth in Western culture and psychoanalysis and introduces a theory of matricide and maternal law. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 544.
Despite advances in feminism, the "law of the father" remains the dominant model of Western psychological and cultural analysis, and the law of the mother continues to exist as an underdeveloped and marginal concept. In her radical rereading of the Greek myth, Oresteia, Amber Jacobs hopes to rectify the occlusion of the mother and reinforce her role as an active agent in the laws that determine and reinforce our cultural organization. According to Greek myth, Metis, Athena's mother, was Zeus's first wife. Zeus swallowed Metis to prevent her from bearing children who would overthrow him. Nevertheless, Metis bore Zeus ... Read more
Despite advances in feminism, the "law of the father" remains the dominant model of Western psychological and cultural analysis, and the law of the mother continues to exist as an underdeveloped and marginal concept. In her radical rereading of the Greek myth, Oresteia, Amber Jacobs hopes to rectify the occlusion of the mother and reinforce her role as an active agent in the laws that determine and reinforce our cultural organization. According to Greek myth, Metis, Athena's mother, was Zeus's first wife. Zeus swallowed Metis to prevent her from bearing children who would overthrow him. Nevertheless, Metis bore Zeus ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231141543
SKU
V9780231141543
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About Amber Jacobs
Amber Jacobs is a feminist theorist and writer. She is lecturer in English and critical theory at Sussex University, United Kingdom. Her work is currently concerned with the question of postpatriarchal futures in the fields of philosophy, psychoanalysis, and social theory. She lives in London.
Reviews for On Matricide
The importance of this work cannot be overstated. Bold and original, it has the potential to renew the engagement between feminism and psychoanalysis and bring it to a new level.
Carol Gilligan, author of In a Different Voice: Psychological Theory and Women's Development and The Birth of Pleasure Opens up psychoanalysis to feminism and political radicalism by expanding its ... Read more
Carol Gilligan, author of In a Different Voice: Psychological Theory and Women's Development and The Birth of Pleasure Opens up psychoanalysis to feminism and political radicalism by expanding its ... Read more