Proust among the nations: From Dreyfus to the Middle East
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Rose, Jacqueline. (2014). Proust among the nations: From Dreyfus to the Middle East University of Chicago Press.
Authors | Rose, Jacqueline |
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Abstract | Known for her far-reaching examinations of psychoanalysis, literature, and politics, Jacqueline Rose has in recent years turned her attention to the Israel-Palestine conflict, one of the most enduring and apparently intractable conflicts of our time. In Proust among the Nations, she takes the development of her thought on this crisis a stage further, revealing it as a distinctly Western problem. In a radical rereading of the Dreyfus affair through the lens of Marcel Proust in dialogue with Freud, Rose offers a fresh and nuanced account of the rise of Jewish nationalism and the subsequent creation of Israel. Following Proust’s heirs, Beckett and Genet, and a host of Middle Eastern writers, artists, and filmmakers, Rose traces the shifting dynamic of memory and identity across the crucial and ongoing cultural links between Europe and Palestine. A powerful and elegant analysis of the responsibility of writing, Proust among the Nations makes the case for literature as a unique resource for understanding political struggle and gives us new ways to think creatively about the violence in the Middle East. |
ISBN | 9780226725802 |
Web address (URL) | https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/acu/detail.action?docID=809556 |
Research Group | Institute for Social Justice |
Publisher's version | File Access Level Controlled |
Year | 2014 |
Publisher | University of Chicago Press |
Place of publication | Chicago, USA |
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