Uncanny Conceptions

Synopsis: From Hegel to Heidegger, Freud to Wittgenstein, the uncanny has figured as a key philosophical concept and is now evolving into a cultural concept with implications not only for philosophy and psychoanalysis but for all cultural practitioners. Rebecca Comay, phenomenologist and philosophy lecturer, advances a politics of the uncanny via ancient Greek statuary. Elizabeth Wright explores the ‘real uncanny in performance’ and Frank Cioffi draws on Wittgenstein to challenge Freud’s celebrated essay on the unhomely.
Series: Talking Ideas, Series
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video; Videocassette. VHS. col. 60 min.
Year of production: 1994
Availability: Sale; 1995 sale: £40.00 (+VAT +p&p)
Subjects: Sociology
Keywords: cultural influences

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