| Description |
1 online resource (xxxi, 254 pages) |
| Contents |
Freud's theory of art and creativity -- Essentials of Kleinian theory -- The development of Kleinian aesthetics -- The legacy of Wilfred Bion -- Ehrenzweig and the hidden order of art -- Art, creativity, and the potential space -- Painting as the body : the aesthetics of Fuller and Wollheim |
| Summary |
'This is a book to which the attention of students of art theory and criticism, and all those interested in the important application of psychoanalysis to other fields of study, should be drawn. "Psychoanalytic Aesthetics" rethinks the classical account of the relation between art and madness, creativity and psychoneurosis, and the distinction between the primary and secondary processes. It covers a great deal of ground and reviews many psychoanalytic writers (predominantly of the British tradition) on aesthetics, as well as many of the aestheticians using a psychoanalytic background. It is we |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-246) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Aesthetics -- Psychological aspects
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Psychoanalysis and art.
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Psychoanalysis.
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psychoanalysis.
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PHILOSOPHY -- Metaphysics.
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Aesthetics -- Psychological aspects
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Psychoanalysis
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Psychoanalysis and art
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781849408325 |
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1849408327 |
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