The Erotic

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Synopsis

Psychoanalyst and author Lou Andreas-Salome may seem to be a figure remote from us, one belonging to a pre-1914 Europe, but in many ways, she is our contemporary. She travelled in a highly romantic world as socialite, sociologist, and author. She was part of Georg Simmel's salon, the most exclusive in Berlin, frequented by elusive poet Stefan Georg, dramatist Paul Ernst, social theorist and polymath Max Weber, and Georg Lukacs, among others.Salome's unique contribution to the erotic was that she argued sexual difference ran deeper than economics and equality—the politics of Marx and the ideals of the French Revolution. For Salome, to think about women and their erotic nature, you must start with their biological and psychological difference, not their economic situation.Salome was an outstanding theorist. Her books on Nietzsche and on Rilke are major studies. The field of psychoanalysis would not have developed in the way it did without Lou Andreas-Salome. We cannot understand Freud's "rationalism" or his anti-religious sensibility without Salome's writings. This new English translation is an essential text of psychoanalysis, one that shaped the very conception of the field.

Book details

Author:
Lou Andreas-Salome
ISBN:
9781351296984
Related ISBNs:
9781351297004, 9781412846257, 9781412853842
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Pages:
124
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
No
Date of addition:
2023-08-29
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2012
Copyright by:
Routledge 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Nonfiction, Psychology