The Desire Called Mao
Badiou and the Legacy of Libidinal Economy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 16714686 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Eleanor Kaufman (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2007-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Postmodern Culture (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1053-1920 • E-ISSN: 1053-1920 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/pmc.0.0008 |
| OpenAlex | W2079837054 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 14 |
Although Alain Badiou's early work is deeply critical of French theories of libidinal economy that sought to synthesize Marx and Freud in the wake of May 1968, this essay seeks to summarize the central tenets of libidinal economy theory--the emphasis on the desire structure proper to use value; the boundaries of the human explored through the death drive; a thought of radical inertia--and argues that there is more overlap than might be thought, especially concerning inertia. Badiou's interest in Mao is considered in its connection to problems of periodization, of counting a century, and the thought of the party, and these link back to theories of libidinal economy through a shared fascination with the intemporal, if not the unconscious. -- ek
Aesthetics · Deconstruction (building · Epistemology · Id, ego and super-ego · Periodization · Psychoanalysis · Sociology · Unconscious mind · Value (mathematics · Cinema and Media Studies · History · Philosophy · Political Economy and Marxism · Psychoanalysis, Philosophy, and Politics · Psychology
The Technique of Labelled Mitoses
The Parallax View
The long twentieth century
Lenin and Revisionism
The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte
Eros and Civilization
Scattered Speculations on the Question of Value
Post-Maoism
The Cultural Revolution
Anti-Oedipus
In other worlds
Language, Counter-Memory, Practice
The Political Unconscious
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,13 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2025 (16) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |