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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810781503321

Autore

Resnik Salomon

Titolo

Glacial times : a journey through the world of madness / / Salomon Resnik ; translated by David Alcorn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2005

ISBN

1-317-71053-3

1-315-78311-8

1-317-71054-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (132 p.)

Collana

New library of psychoanalysis

Altri autori (Persone)

AlcornDavid

Disciplina

616.89

Soggetti

Psychoses

Psychoanalysis

Body language

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 and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements ... with some historical connections; 1 Transmission and learning; 2 Bodily identification in psychosis; 3 The role of the body in psychosis: a group experience; 4 The universe of madness: frozen thoughts and words; 5 Glacial times; 6 Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Name index; Subject index

Sommario/riassunto

In Glacial Times, Salomon Resnik brings together various facets of his work as a psychoanalyst and psychiatrist, working in both the private sector and in institutional settings and in a wide range of cultural contexts, to provide a careful summary of a lifetime of clinical work. Drawing on a wide range of psychoanalytic, philosophical and literary sources, and vignettes from the author's extensive clinical experience, this book brings the subject of psychosis to life and demonstrates how the study of psychoanalysis and psychosis forces us to confront fundamental onto