Social Bonds and Catastrophic Acts
Social Bonds and Catastrophic Acts
Topics covered include trauma, political violence, and the memorializations of trauma; how French psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan's concept of "passage a l'acte" can be used to analyze the dissolution of social bonds and the emergence of violence in contemporary societies; and the emergence of necropolitics, necrocapitalism, Afropessimism, and "Lacan noir" on the socio-politico-cultural scene.
Contributors Gustavo Dessal, Stefan Ecks, Peter Goodrich, Marina Grzinic, Rosaura Martinez-Ruiz, Tracy McNulty, Elizabeth Stewart, Calvin Warren, Anthony Wexler
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