Genius After Psychoanalysis
by Professor or Dr. K. Daniel (Otterbein University Cho
Title:
Genius After Psychoanalysis
Author:
Professor or Dr. K. Daniel (Otterbein University Cho
Series (if any):
Psychoanalytic Horizons
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
224 pages
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN-13:
9798765123188
EAN:
9798765123188
Publication Date:
14/11/2024
Classifications:
Literature: history and criticism
Weight (g):
410
Dimensions (mm):
141 x 216 x 19
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Price:£24.74
3 copies in stock
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Description
Develops a new psychoanalytic theory of genius, a concept that is often invoked and pervasive in popular culture but which is rarely scrutinized in depth. In the absence of this scrutiny, genius has come to be understood as exceptional talent or intelligence-an elitist notion. Genius After Psychoanalysis intervenes in this debate by offering a new account of genius. Drawing on the work of Sigmund Freud and Jacques Lacan, K. Daniel Cho argues that genius is not exceptional talent or intelligence but is related to and illuminated by the psychological concept of sublimation, where the unpleasures that arise when our intellectual products fail become themselves pleasurable. Beginning with a close examination of Freud''s work on Leonardo da Vinci, Cho analyzes film, art, our relationship to nature, politics, group psychology, love, and philosophy to demonstrate that genius, far from an elitist notion, is universally available through a different approach to ideas of imperfection, disappointment, and failure. Genius After Psychoanalysis is a bold new intervention on a culturally central but understudied topic.
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