{"product_id":"the-still-arrow-elvio-fachinelli-9780857428516","title":"The Still Arrow: Three Attempts to Annul Time","description":"Elvio Fachinelli (1928-1989) was a leading Italian psychoanalyst whose clinical, theoretical, and activist work resonated well beyond his discipline. In \u003ci\u003eThe Still Arrow\u003c\/i\u003e, Fachinelli launches an interdisciplinary investigation ranging from anthropology to politics, and from the history of religions to the critique of ideology. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Originally published in 1979, this book displays Fachinelli's eclectic methodology. \u003ci\u003eThe Still Arrow\u003c\/i\u003e goes against Freud's attempt in \u003ci\u003eTotem and Taboo\u003c\/i\u003e to equate individual psycho-libidinal predicaments with those of whole societies. Yet, it argues that the difference between the two always remains one of degree, not of principle. The vexing problem of their relation is approached through an interrogation of time. From a psychoanalytic standpoint, individual obsessional neurosis is firmly connected to a repudiation of death. But, Fachinelli argues, comparable temporal strategies are also present at the group level, in disparate social and historical contexts, for instance, in the archaic transformation of the dead into ancestors and in what he names 'the fascist phenomenon'. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From this perspective, history is not just the sum of all possible histories but also of impossible ones. Fachinelli delineates an innovative knowledge of time which brings together apparently distant events into a characteristic series. This first English translation of a book by Fachinelli, \u003ci\u003eThe Still Arrow\u003c\/i\u003e introduces a major critical European voice to the larger readership.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elvio Fachinelli\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0857428519\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780857428516\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Seagull Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/10\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 158\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2022","brand":"Elvio Fachinelli","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44044673024255,"sku":"9780857428516","price":21.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cca8b889-5c0e-444e-9651-c5857000d9f0.jpg?v=1684974211","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-still-arrow-elvio-fachinelli-9780857428516","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}