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>I Am Not What I Am<: Iago and Negative Transcendence

  • One of the perennial questions in Shakespeare studies concerns what Coleridge called the >motiveless malignity< of Iago. Instead of looking at Iago as an individual, however, I will argue that he is best understood as a representation of the >social character< of early modern bourgeois man. Iago’s denial of spiritual values and his mercenary nature can be understood in this light. Fromm’s theses concerning the interconnections among anal libido, the death instinct, malignant aggression, and necrophilia all find support in Shake-speare’s supreme villain.

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Author:Peter L. Rudnytsky
Parent Title (English):Fromm Forum (English Edition – ISSN 1437-1189), 22 / 2018, Tuebingen (Selbstverlag), pp. 021-037.
Series (Serial Number):Fromm Forum (English edition / englische Ausgabe) (e22/2018b)
Document Type:Articles
Language:English
Year of first Publication:2018
Release Date:2019/03/04
Volume:e22/2018b
Format:PDF-file to download
IdNo:Rudnytsky_P_L_2018
Writings about Erich Fromm (Secondary Literature):Articles / Artikel
Erich Fromm's Library and Erich Fromm Archive:Articles / Artikel
International Erich Fromm Society's Writings:Articles / Artikel
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