Mikko Tuhkanen Livres

Exploring the intersection of psychoanalysis and race, the book presents a compelling dialogue between Lacanian theories and African-American literary works, especially the novels of Richard Wright. It delves into how these psychoanalytic frameworks can illuminate cultural texts, providing new insights into the complexities of identity and race. Through this analysis, the author contributes significantly to the ongoing discourse surrounding race and psychoanalysis, offering a thought-provoking examination of both fields.

This comprehensive study explores the development of Bersani's onto-ethics and aesthetics, highlighting the significant literary, artistic, and philosophical influences that shaped his work. It offers an in-depth analysis of his ideas, providing insights into his unique contributions to contemporary thought and the interplay between ethics and aesthetics in his writings.

For the past 60 years, Leo Bersani has inspired, resisted, guided, and challenged scholarly work in the fields of literary criticism, queer theory, cultural studies, psychoanalytic theory, and film and visual studies. Moving across an impressive range of sources, Mikko Tuhkanen seeks out the “fundamental notes”-the questions that we find and refind-in Bersani's extensive oeuvre across the decades. The chapters explore Bersani's engagement with psychoanalytic theory (Freud, Laplanche, Klein, Lacan), French and American modernist fiction (Proust, Baudelaire, Mallarmé, James, Beckett), poststructuralist theory (Derrida, Foucault, Deleuze, Guattari, Blanchot), queer theory (Butler, Edelman), and the visual arts (Caravaggio, Almodóvar, Pasolini, Malick, Dumont). This first introduction to Bersani's work provides a chronological overview of his thought and details his contributions to literary studies and critical theory.