Speaking the Unspeakable: Religion, Misogyny, and the Uncanny Mother in Freud's

Description: Speaking the Unspeakable by Diane Jonte-Pace Reveals an undeveloped counterthesis, one that repeatedly interrupts or subverts Freuds well-known Oedipal masterplot. This work opens different vistas for the feminist analysis of Freuds intellectual legacy. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description In this bold rereading of Freuds cultural texts, Diane Jonte-Pace uncovers an undeveloped "counterthesis," one that repeatedly interrupts or subverts his well-known Oedipal masterplot. The counterthesis is evident in three clusters of themes within Freuds work: maternity, mortality, and immortality; Judaism and anti-Semitism; and mourning and melancholia. Each of these clusters is associated with "the uncanny" and with death and loss. Appearing most frequently in Freuds images, metaphors, and illustrations, the counterthesis is no less present for being unspoken--it is, indeed, "unspeakable." The "uncanny mother" is a primary theme found in Freuds texts involving fantasies of immortality and mothers as instructors in death. In other texts, Jonte-Pace finds a story of Jews for whom the dangers of assimilation to a dominant Gentile culture are associated unconsciously with death and the uncanny mother. The counterthesis appears in the story of anti-Semites for whom the "uncanny impression of circumcision" gives rise not only to castration anxiety but also to matriphobia. It also surfaces in Freuds ability to mourn the social and religious losses accompanying modernity, and his inability to mourn the loss of his own mother. The unfolding of Freuds counterthesis points toward a theory of the cultural and unconscious sources of misogyny and anti-Semitism in "the unspeakable." Jonte-Paces work opens exciting new vistas for the feminist analysis of Freuds intellectual legacy. Flap "Jonte-Pace offers an original reading of selected Freudian texts that lie at the interface of his theories of religion, culture, psyche and gender. She shows that beneath Freuds Oedipal masterplot are unthematized but potent images that meet in the uncanny, images of maternal corpses and dead(ly) mothers, immortality or afterlife, an absent God, and the wandering Jew. Freuds familiar texts become unfamiliar, especially to readers of the English translations. Jonte-Pace unearths Freuds unsaid preoccupations and in doing so unsettles what scholars say that he said."--Judith Van Herik, author of Freud on Femininity and Faith Author Biography Diane Jonte-Pace is Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Associate Vice Provost for Faculty Development at Santa Clara University. She is coeditor of Religion and Psychology: Mapping the Terrain (with William B. Parsons, 2001). Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction. Misogyny and Religion under Analysis: Masterplot and Counterthesis in Tension 1. The Counterthesis in "The Dream Book" and "A Religious Experience": The Beginning and End of Interpretation 2. Death, Mothers, and the Afterlife: At Home in the Uncanny 3. Jewishness and the (Un)Canny: "Death and Us Jews" 4. The Sources of Anti-Semitism: Circumcision, Abjection, and the Uncanny Mother 5. Modernity, Melancholia, and the (In)Ability to Mourn: When Throne and Altar are in Danger Epilogue. Guessing at What Lies Beneath Notes References Index Long Description In this bold rereading of Freuds cultural texts, Diane Jonte-Pace uncovers an undeveloped "counterthesis," one that repeatedly interrupts or subverts his well-known Oedipal masterplot. The counterthesis is evident in three clusters of themes within Freuds work: maternity, mortality, and immortality; Judaism and anti-Semitism; and mourning and melancholia. Each of these clusters is associated with "the uncanny" and with death and loss. Appearing most frequently in Freuds images, metaphors, and illustrations, the counterthesis is no less present for being unspoken--it is, indeed, "unspeakable." The "uncanny mother" is a primary theme found in Freuds texts involving fantasies of immortality and mothers as instructors in death. In other texts, Jonte-Pace finds a story of Jews for whom the dangers of assimilation to a dominant Gentile culture are associated unconsciously with death and the uncanny mother. The counterthesis appears in the story of anti-Semites for whom the "uncanny impression of circumcision" gives rise not only to castration anxiety but also to matriphobia. It also surfaces in Freuds ability to mourn the social and religious losses accompanying modernity, and his inability to mourn the loss of his own mother. The unfolding of Freuds counterthesis points toward a theory of the cultural and unconscious sources of misogyny and anti-Semitism in "the unspeakable." Jonte-Paces work opens exciting new vistas for the feminist analysis of Freuds intellectual legacy. Details ISBN0520230760 Short Title SPEAKING THE UNSPEAKABLE Publisher University of California Press Language English ISBN-10 0520230760 ISBN-13 9780520230767 Media Book Format Paperback Illustrations Yes Year 2001 Imprint University of California Press Country of Publication United States Place of Publication Berkerley Subtitle Religion, Misogyny, and the Uncanny Mother in Freuds Cultural Texts DOI 10.1604/9780520230767 UK Release Date 2001-12-03 AU Release Date 2001-12-03 NZ Release Date 2001-12-03 US Release Date 2001-12-03 Author Diane Jonte-Pace Pages 200 Publication Date 2001-12-03 DEWEY 150.1952 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:159457424;

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