1st Edition

Psychoanalysis and Culture A Kleinian Perspective

By David Bell Copyright 1999
    240 Pages
    by Routledge

    240 Pages
    by Routledge

    This book provides an extensive introduction and theoretical background to the field, situating psychoanalysis itself in contemporary culture. It shows the relevance of psychoanalysis beyond the consulting room to the understanding of human affairs in general.

    Epigram -- Preface -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Art and Literature -- ‘Primal Grief’ and ‘Petrified Rage’ -- Death by Daydreaming -- The Singing Detective -- Turning A Blind Eye -- Mind and Society -- Psychoanalysis -- Emotion and the Malformation of Emotion -- Pride -- Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Migration -- ‘In My End is My Beginning’ – T.S. Eliot -- A Psychoanalyst’s Look at a Hypnotist -- Select Bibliography of the Work of Hanna Segal

    Biography

    Bell, David