Beschrijving
A exploration of Lou Andreas-Salomé’s critical and creative transformation of modern thought
Image in Outline introduces the reader to Lou Andreas-Salomé’s significant engagement with
modern thought. Through detailed explorations of some of her major texts, Brinker-Gabler examines
Andreas-Salomé’s contributions to contemporary discourses on meaning, perception, memory, and
the unconscious. Situating her analyses within Andreas-Salomé’s historical, social, and intellectual
contexts, this new reading utilizes a theoretical frame informed by thinkers such as Benjamin, Bergson,
and Freud, and current theoretical perspectives by Irigaray, Grosz, and Kristeva. Brinker-Gabler argues
that Andreas-Salomé – committed as she was to the \
