Psychoanalysis and the Act of Artistic Creation : A Look at the Unconscious Dynamics of Creativity Hardback
by Luis Manuel Romano (Portuguese Association of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy (APPPP), Por Delgado
Part of the Routledge Focus on Mental Health series
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This book explores the phenomenon of creativity and creation from a psychoanalytic point of view, focusing on understanding the psychoemotional dynamics underlying artistic creative activities, such as theatre, literature, and painting. Throughout, Delgado considers these works of art through a Bionian, Kleinian, and Freudian lens.
He uses three major psychoanalytic models of the creative process, two of them classic: the first, Freudian, based on the theory of conflict between impulse and defense, the result of the effort to manage an excessive drive activity, and in which the concept of sublimation is central; the second, Kleinian, based on the attachment theory, in which creative effort corresponds to an attempt to repair the damage done to the object or to the self; and the third, more recent, affiliated with the more expanded attachment relationship theory, based on W.
Bion’s theory of thinking, and emphasizing the continent’s capacity for psyche and the oscillation between schizo-paranoid and depressive positions.
With illustrations throughout, this book will be vital reading for anyone interested in the intersection of creativity, the Arts, and psychoanalysis.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:70 pages, 10 Halftones, black and white; 10 Illustrations, black and white
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:26/09/2022
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- ISBN:9781032340586
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Out of StockMore expected soonContact us for further information
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:70 pages, 10 Halftones, black and white; 10 Illustrations, black and white
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:26/09/2022
- Category:
- ISBN:9781032340586