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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810971503321

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[London], : Karnac, 2006

ISBN

0-429-91581-0

0-429-47681-7

1-283-24949-9

9786613249494

1-84940-534-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (289 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

PetrucelliJean

OrbachSusie <1946->

Disciplina

150.195

152.4

Soggetti

Desire

Psychoanalysis

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 index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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