Violence and the Oedipal Unconscious: Vol. 1, the Catharsis Hypothesis

by Nidesh Lawtoo

Representations of violence are often said to generate cathartic effects, but what does "catharsis" mean? And what theory of the unconscious made this concept so popular that it reaches from classical antiquity to the digital age? In Violence and the Oedipal Unconscious, Nidesh Lawtoo reframes current debates on (new) media violence by tracing the philosophical, aesthetic, and historical vicissitudes of the "catharsis hypothesis" from antiquity...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1611864488
• ISBN13: 9781611864489
• Release Date: May 2023
• Publisher: Michigan State University Press
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.9"