Loser Sons – Politics and Authority Ronell Paperback John Wiley & Sons

Loser SonsPolitics and Authority\nAuthor(s): Avital Ronell\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Illinois Press, United States\nImprint: University of Illinois Press\nISBN-13: 9780252079696, 978-0252079696\nSynopsis\nThere are sons who grow up unhappily believing that no matter what they do, they cannot please their fathers. Often unable to shed their sense of lifelong failure, either they give up and suffer in a permanent sulk, or they try with all their might to prove they are worth something after all. These are the \""loser sons,\"" a group of historical men as varied as President George W. Bush, Osama bin Laden, and Mohammed Atta. Their names quickly illustrate that not only are their problems serious, but they also make serious problems for others, expanding to whole nations. When God is conceived and inculcated as an angry and impossible-to-please father, the problems can last for [url] Loser Sons, Avital Ronell draws on current philosophy, literary history, and political.