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Record Nr.

UNINA9910255454603321

Autore

Bristow Daniel

Titolo

2001: A Space Odyssey and Lacanian Psychoanalytic Theory / / by Daniel Bristow

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017

ISBN

3-319-69444-8

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (X, 132 p. 25 illus., 4 illus. in color.)

Collana

The Palgrave Lacan Series, , 2946-420X

Disciplina

150

Soggetti

Psychology—Methodology

Motion pictures

Philosophy of mind

Self

Psychology

Science—Philosophy

Psychological Methods

Film Theory

Philosophy of the Self

Behavioral Sciences and Psychology

Philosophy of Science

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Overture -- 2. Monolith -- 3. Cut -- 4. Space -- 5. Silence -- 6. Surreality.

Sommario/riassunto

In 1968, Stanley Kubrick completed and released his magnum opus motion picture 2001: A Space Odyssey; a time that was also tremendously important in the formation of the psychoanalytic theory of Jacques Lacan. Bringing these figures together, Bristow offers a study that goes beyond, as the film did. He extends Lacan’s late topological insights, delves into conceptualisations of desire, in G. W. F. Hegel, Alexandre Kojève, and Lacan himself, and deals with the major themes of cuts (filmic and psychoanalytic); space; silence; surreality; and ‘das Ding’, in relation to the movie’s enigmatic monolith. This book is a tour



de force of psychoanalytic theory and space odyssey that will appeal to academics and practitioners of psychoanalysis and film studies, as well as to any fan of Kubrick’s work.