Desire and Its Discontents

by Eugene Goodheart

Book Overview

Challenging the imperialism of desire in contemporary academic discourse Goodheart confronts a crucial strain of utopianism in modern thought and literature. This utopianism is the position of desire in modern culture. Goodheart argues that the classic moderns (Proust, Durkheim, Mann, and Lawrence) appreciated desire for its potential to liberate the imagination, but also understood its tendencies toward destructiveness. Since the "cultural revolution"...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231076428
• ISBN13: 9780231076425
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher