Exploring Psychoanalytic Concepts through Culture, the Arts and Contemporary Life: Learning from Observation and Experience (1) (Tavistock Clinic Series)

By: Margaret Lush and Kate Robertson

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Synopsis: This book explores how psychoanalytic ideas and thinking enhance our understanding and engagement with the creative arts and contemporary life.Many of us love to read poetry and novels and enjoy the performing arts. All of us take part in contemporary life. But how might a psychoanalytic perspective deepen our understanding or enhance our experience in these areas? What might we discover when we explore the unconscious dimensions of particular cultural artefacts and activities? Based on the work of the longstanding Psychoanalytic Studies course at the Tavistock, contributing authors draw on their experience of infant observation and psychoanalytic theory and apply them to explorations of culturally diverse and wide-ranging topics such as social work, literature, the act of littering, a Palestinian poem, and even a chart-topping Korean pop song.Blending a deep understanding of clinical work and a broad range of artistic endeavours, this book will be key reading for psychoanalysts, psychotherapists, and anyone interested in understanding how psychoanalysis can inform art and life.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 350 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781040273715
Related ISBNs:: 9781032932002, 9781040273685, 9781003564867, 9781032932019
Publisher:: Taylor & Francis
Date of Addition:: 04/24/25
Copyrighted By:: selection and editorial matter, Margaret Lush and Kate Robertson
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Psychology
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Margaret Lush
Edited by:: Kate Robertson