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Record Nr.

UNINA9910524874703321

Autore

Ulanov Ann Belford

Titolo

Madness and Creativity / Ann Belford Ulanov ; foreword by David H. Rosen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

College Station : , : Texas A&M University Press, , 2013

©2013

ISBN

1-60344-995-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (177 p.)

Collana

Carolyn and Ernest Fay Series in Analytical Psychology ; ; no. 18

Altri autori (Persone)

RosenDavid H. <1945->

Disciplina

153.3/5

Soggetti

Jungian psychology

Mental illness

Creative ability

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [95]-111) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Madness -- Personal madness -- Collective madness -- Creativity -- Compelling complex -- Creative return.

Sommario/riassunto

Analyst and author Ann Belford Ulanov draws on her years of clinical work and reflection to make the point that madness and creativity share a kinship, an insight that shakes both analysand and analyst to the core, reminding us as it does that the suffering places of the human psyche are inextricably-and, often inexplicably-related to the fountains of creativity, service, and even genius. She poses disturbing questions: How do we depend on order, when chaos is a necessary part of existence? What are we to make of evil-both that surrounding us and that within us? Is there a myth of mean