Texte zur Kunst #137 2025 - Death Drive and Sublimation digital culture a single mother—was now on

a single mother—was now on track to becoming a statistic

as an expression of a lover’s affection or as a souvenir from a journey

making their complete and rapid elimination unlikely

Marie Darrieussecq turns her attention to the causes

Sie entdecken eine Katze und folgen ihr

Texte zur Kunst #137 2025 - Death Drive and Sublimation digital culture a single mother—was now onThe escalation of ecological, military, and capitalist destruction has dominated current developments in many places. This issue of TEXTE ZUR KUNST puts forward two psychanalytical concepts that lend themselves to describing destructive tendencies, as well as to possible ways of redirecting aggression away from violence and into creative work: the death drive and sublimation. Contributions subject these concepts to a discursive stress test and set