Signs of Change
(March 1996)
Premodern - Modern - Postmodern Stephen Barker - Editor
This is a collection of essays focusing on conventions of change in the arts, philosophy, and literature.
This book examines the nature of change in history, philosophy, and culture. Precisely because the idea of change is so vast, the book's strategy is to exercise some control over it by organizing itself as a structured progression of theoretical, political, and ideological concerns whose focus is on change.
This is a collection of essays concerned with the thematic implications of Freud's deep interest in the art objects in his collection of antiquity.
"Freud's collection, as well as the act of collecting in itself, are of very great significance. It deepens our understanding of one of the most influential figures of the twentieth century. It also adds to our understanding of Freud as representative of his tim...(Read More)