Anxiety : the Uncanny Borderline of Psychoanalysis

Authors

  • Samuel Weber Northwestern University, German and Comparative Literature

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5399/uo/konturen.3.1.1376

Abstract

Freud begins his well-known essay on the Uncanny with a disclaimer that raises the question of why he writes the essay in the first place. This text argues that the explanation is to be found in the shift his thinking was undergoing at the time, not only in moving "Beyond the Pleasure Priniple" but also in rethinking its relation to Anxiety.

Author Biography

Samuel Weber, Northwestern University, German and Comparative Literature

Samuel Weber is Avalon Foundation Professor of Humanities at Northwestern and Director of that University's Paris Program in Critical Theory. He has published books on Freud and Lacan and most recently on Walter Benjamin. His current research includes work on the notion of singularity in poetics and politics.
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Published

2010-12-28

How to Cite

Weber, S. (2010). Anxiety : the Uncanny Borderline of Psychoanalysis. Konturen, 3(1), 45–62. https://doi.org/10.5399/uo/konturen.3.1.1376

Issue

Vol. 3 (2010): Borderlines in Psychoanalysis

Section

Articles