An anthology of writing by Jacqueline Rose, a singular, provocative critic renowned for her commitment to psychoanalytic theory as a uniquely productive way of analyzing literature, culture, politics, and society.

An indispensable introduction for those unfamiliar with Jacqueline Rose's remarkably original work, and an invaluable resource for those well-acquainted with her critical acumen

Reading Jacqueline Rose: An Introduction / Ben Naparstek and Justin Clemens 1Part I. AnalysisIntroduction to Part I 271. Femininity and Its Discontents 312. Feminine Sexuality: Jacques Lacan and the école freudienne 483. Negativity in the Work of Melanie Kline 614. Mass Psychology 86Part II. NationIntroduction to Part II 1175. States of Fantasy 1236. Just, Lasting, Comprehensive 1387. Apathy and Accountability: The Challenge of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission to the Intellectual in the Modern World 1568. The Body of Evil: Arendt, Coetzee, and 9/11 1709. "Imponderables in Thin Air": Zionism as Psychoanalysis (Critique) 188Part III. RepresentationsIntroduction to Part III 21510. Sexuality in the Field of Vision 22111. Hamlet: The "Mona Lisa" of Literature 22812. Virginia Woolf and the Death of Modernism 24213. "Daddy" 25714. Peter Pan and Freud: Who Is Talking and to Whom? 27415. Excerpts from Albertine: A Novel 300Part IV. InterventionsIntroduction to Part IV 31516. "Infinite Justice" 31917. We Are All Afraid, But of What, Exactly? 32018. Why Zionism Today Is the Real Enemy of the Jews 32219. Reflections on Israel's 2008 Incursion into Gaza 32620. Why Howard Jacobson Is Wrong 32821. Holocaust Premises: Political Implications of the Traumatic Frame 33222. A Conversation with Jacqueline Rose 341Notes 361Jacqueline Rose: A Select Bibliography, 1974-2010 413Index 419