Beyond Choice: Reading Sigmund Freud at the End of <i>Roe</i>
After <i>Roe v. Wade</i> was overturned by the Supreme Court, pregnant people lost their Constitutional protection of abortion. The new, visible politics of susceptibility have invited a revisitation to the psychoanalytic work of Sigmund Freud. This article examines the trauma narrative...
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| description | After <i>Roe v. Wade</i> was overturned by the Supreme Court, pregnant people lost their Constitutional protection of abortion. The new, visible politics of susceptibility have invited a revisitation to the psychoanalytic work of Sigmund Freud. This article examines the trauma narrative of Freud’s <i>Beyond the Pleasure Principle</i> and the theory of the death drive in elaborating the enduring cultural investment in protecting fetal life while examining its implications for pregnant subjects. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2ec91febc73e4d8f86356df688ab8b9f2024-04-03T09:04:01ZengMDPI AGPhilosophies2409-92872023-10-018610010.3390/philosophies8060100Beyond Choice: Reading Sigmund Freud at the End of <i>Roe</i>Karen McFadyen0Department of English and Film Studies, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2R3, CanadaAfter <i>Roe v. Wade</i> was overturned by the Supreme Court, pregnant people lost their Constitutional protection of abortion. The new, visible politics of susceptibility have invited a revisitation to the psychoanalytic work of Sigmund Freud. This article examines the trauma narrative of Freud’s <i>Beyond the Pleasure Principle</i> and the theory of the death drive in elaborating the enduring cultural investment in protecting fetal life while examining its implications for pregnant subjects.https://www.mdpi.com/2409-9287/8/6/100abortionpsychoanalysisSigmund Freuddeath drivetraumasusceptibility |
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| title | Beyond Choice: Reading Sigmund Freud at the End of <i>Roe</i> |
| title_full | Beyond Choice: Reading Sigmund Freud at the End of <i>Roe</i> |
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| title_short | Beyond Choice: Reading Sigmund Freud at the End of <i>Roe</i> |
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