The Last Resistance

The Last Resistance

by Jacqueline Rose
The Last Resistance

The Last Resistance

by Jacqueline Rose

eBook

$9.99 

Available on Compatible NOOK Devices and the free NOOK Apps.
WANT A NOOK?  Explore Now

Related collections and offers


Overview

A bravura exploration of politics and writing in dark times

In The Last Resistance, Jacqueline Rose explores the power of writing to create and transform our political lives. In particular, she examines the role of literature in the Zionist imagination: here, literature is presented as a unique form of dissidence, with the power to expose the unconscious of nations, and often proposing radical alternatives to their dominant pathways and beliefs.

While Israel–Palestine is the repeated focus, The Last Resistance also turns to post-apartheid South Africa, to American national fantasy post-9/11, and to key moments for the understanding of Jewish culture and memory. Rose also underscores the importance of psychoanalysis, both historically in relation to the unfolding of world events, and as a tool of political understanding.

Examining topics ranging from David Grossman, through W.G. Sebald, Freud, Nadine Gordimer, the concept of evil, and suicide bombers, The Last Resistance offers a unique way of responding to the crises of the times.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781786630773
Publisher: Verso Books
Publication date: 03/28/2017
Sold by: Penguin Random House Publisher Services
Format: eBook
Pages: 256
File size: 383 KB

About the Author

Jacqueline Rose is internationally known for her writing on feminism, psychoanalysis, literature and the politics and ideology of Israel-Palestine. Her books include Sexuality in the Field of VisionThe Haunting of Sylvia PlathStates of FantasyThe Question of Zion, and most recently Women in Dark Times.

What People are Saying About This

Slavoj Zizek

A breathtakingly refined textual analysis sustains a passionate, ethical and political engagement in the ongoing Near East crisis. This alone makes her a model of what a public intellectual should be.

From the B&N Reads Blog

Customer Reviews