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The son's secret : from Oedipus to the prodigal son / Massimo Recalcati ; translated by Alice Kilgarriff.
Van Pelt Library BF723.P25 R43313 2020
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Recalcati, Massimo, author.
- Standardized Title:
- Segreto del Figlio. English
- Language:
- English
- Italian
- Subjects (All):
- Parent and child--Psychological aspects.
- Parent and child.
- Sons--Psychology.
- Sons.
- Oedipus complex.
- Prodigal son (Parable).
- Physical Description:
- v, 101 pages ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, UK ; Medford, MA : Polity, [2020]
- Summary:
- "This new book by Massimo Recalcati focuses on the psycho-social life of the son"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- The child's condition
- The word and language
- The slave-messenger
- Oedipus, the son
- The innocent-guilty
- Infanticide
- Violence without law
- A tragedy of light
- Nemesis
- "You are the curse, the corruption of this land"
- Oedipus and Hamlet
- Descending into the grave
- How much truth can one man bear?
- The rain
- Another son to bend the law of destiny
- The parable of the Prodigal Son
- "Give me my share of the estate!"
- A bad interpretation of the law
- Isaac the son
- The father's gift and the celebration of rediscovery
- The son's return
- The chance for a new life
- Rembrandt's portrait
- The rightful son
- Freud on the Acropolis
- The resurrection of life
- The scar that becomes a poem
- Notes:
- "First published in 2017 in Italian under the title Il Secreto [sic] del Figlio."
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Recalcati, Massimo. Segreto del Figlio. English. Son's secret.
- ISBN:
- 9781509531752
- 1509531750
- 9781509531769
- 1509531769
- OCLC:
- 1102325062
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