Buch, Englisch, 186 Seiten, Format (B × H): 234 mm x 155 mm, Gewicht: 294 g
The Imaginative and Actual in Psychic Life
Buch, Englisch, 186 Seiten, Format (B × H): 234 mm x 155 mm, Gewicht: 294 g
Reihe: Psychoanalysis in a New Key Book Series
ISBN: 978-1-032-88990-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Acclaimed Winnicott scholar Dodi Goldman offers an intriguing account of the psyche’s work of imaginative elaboration.
Why does the world feel one way when we are imaginatively alive to it and quite another when we are not? How does one both imagine and see things as they are? What happens when we cannot do so? This book creatively explores the interplay between the imaginative and actual in psychoanalysis and life. Each chapter centers around an evocative visual image—a prehistoric figurine, a Hindu lithograph, an Italian etching, an Inuit statue, a painting by Magritte, and more—to reveal unexpected connections and novel insights into what enlivens experience to make the personal landscape shimmer.
With a fresh and delightfully playful approach, this volume is essential reading for psychoanalysts, psychotherapists, humanities scholars, and anyone curious about the fragile alliance between the imaginative and actual in human experience.
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Postgraduate and Professional Practice & Development
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Weitere Infos & Material
1."Life is a Dream, 'Tis Waking That Kills Us" 2. Lion-Man 3. Night Tree Silhouettes 4. Baby new to Earth and Sky 5. Rama playing 6. What do we talk about when we talk about agression? 7. Magritte and the use of an object 8. Are we virtuoso storytellers? 9. "But she talks just like I write" 10. Paracosms in the parsonage 11. Coda
