The Psychopolitics of the Oriental Father
Between Omnipotence and Emasculation
Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Psychology, Personality, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Sociology
| Author: | B. Somay | ISBN: | 9781137462664 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK | Publication: | November 11, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan | Language: | English |
| Author: | B. Somay |
| ISBN: | 9781137462664 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK |
| Publication: | November 11, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Language: | English |
With a foreword by Slavoj Žižek, this book explores the Father Function in the East in the process of 'Modernisation', arguing that 'Modernisation' and 'Westernisation' are euphemisms for the advent of capitalism in Asiatic and African societies which lead to fatal transformations of the cultural and political incarnatations of the Oriental Father.
With a foreword by Slavoj Žižek, this book explores the Father Function in the East in the process of 'Modernisation', arguing that 'Modernisation' and 'Westernisation' are euphemisms for the advent of capitalism in Asiatic and African societies which lead to fatal transformations of the cultural and political incarnatations of the Oriental Father.
