Longing : psychoanalytic musings on desire / edited by Jean Petrucelli ; [with a preface by Susie Orbach].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Petrucelli, Jean.

Orbach, Susie, 1946-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Desire.

Psychoanalysis.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[London] : Karnac, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A contemporary, interdisciplinary exploration of one of psychoanalysis's most foundational and fascinating areas of investigation. This anthology explores the vicissitudes and varieties of desire, its public and private, normative and transgressive, its light and dark expressions. It examines desire in its relational, cultural, clinical, physical, sexual and aesthetic forms. Collectively, these essays demonstrate an understanding of the difficulties of identifying and realizing desire, precisely because it is multiple, omnipresent, shape-shifting, ongoing and, perhaps, always ultimately unfulf

Contents:

COVER; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABOUT THE EDITOR AND CONTRIBUTORS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; PART I: "LISTEN, DO YOU WANT TO KNOW A SECRET?":SELVES UNTOLD OR LOST IN TRANSLATION; PART II: "SYMPATHY FOR A DEVIL":MANAGING PAIN WITH PAIN; PART III: "DIAMONDS ARE A GIRL'S BEST FRIEND":REFLECTIONS ON AWOMAN'S RELATIONSHIP WITHHER BODY AND ITS ADORNMENTS; PART IV: "LIKE A MOTH TO THE FLAME":SINGED BY DESIRE; PART V: SEDUCTION IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

0-429-91581-0

0-429-47681-7

1-283-24949-9

9786613249494

1-84940-534-4

9780429476815

OCLC:

748242052