A Surplus of Melancholy: the Discourse of Mourning in Freud, Benjamin and Derrida

The author reviews the mourning, that is one of the most striking features of contemporary discourse in both literary theory and philosophy. Two different but related theories of mourning appear in Freud and Benjamin. In his turn, Derrida weaves the work of mourning into close analysis of texts and...

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Main Author: Carol L. Bernstein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) 2000-01-01
Series:Nuevas Poligrafías, Revista de Teoría Literaria y Literatura Comparada
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Online Access:http://revistas.filos.unam.mx/index.php/nuevaspoligrafias/article/view/1609