The Constitution of the Psychoanalytic Clinic : A History of its Structure and Power / / by Christian Dunker

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910781379903321
• Autore: Dunker Christian
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Boca Raton, FL : , : Routledge, , [2018]; ©2011
• ISBN: 0-429-92035-0; 0-429-48135-7; 1-283-07103-7; 9786613071033; 1-84940-736-3
• Edizione: [First edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (613 p.)
• Collana: Lines of the symbolic series
• Disciplina: 150.195
• Soggetti: Psychoanalysis - History; Psychiatry - History; Psychiatric clinics - History
• 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. 373-391) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Note on References; Introduction; Chapter One: The doubt of Ulysses; Chapter Two: The return of Empedocles; Chapter Three: The act of Antigone; Chapter Four: Rhetoric of space, rhetoric of time: paradox and interpretation; Chapter Five: Taking care of oneself; Chapter Six: Montaigne, the most sceptical of the hysterics; Chapter Seven: The meditation of Descartes; Chapter Eight: The structure of psychoanalytic treatment; Chapter Nine: Kant and the pathological; Chapter Ten: The rebirth of the clinic as structure and as experience; Chapter Eleven: Hegel: the real and its negativeChapter Twelve: Logic and politics in psychoanalytic healing; Conclusion; References
• Sommario/riassunto: This book provides a detailed examination of the historical roots of psychoanalysis from ancient Greece to the late nineteenth century, focusing on social practices that were related to the founders of psychoanalytic theory and maintained within contemporary treatment. Alongside the reconstruction of an evolutionary accumulation of ; healing practices, the book includes linked discussions of current issues pertaining to psychoanalytic treatment and its working structure as elaborated by Freud and Lacan. There are vital political consequences for psychoanalytic practice - here articulated with an acknowledgement of these practical derivations of early pre-psychoanalytic treatments of the soul. The book demonstrates that these are neither mere techniques nor concepts of the world and the human subject, but they concern the way the problem of power is articulated. The historical establishment of psychoanalytical practice becomes legible through analysis of the traces of the elements of a political ontology, an account of the roots of those traces and the elaboration of the conceptual structure of psychoanalysis as theory and treatment, a praxis which maintains its own distinctive identity.

A measured pace : toward a philosophical understanding of the arts of dance / / Francis Sparshott

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910828184303321
• Autore: Sparshott Francis Edward <1926-2015, >
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1995; ©1995
• ISBN: 1-282-00293-7; 9786612002939; 1-4426-7715-5
• Descrizione fisica: xviii, 580 p. ; ; 24 cm
• Collana: Toronto Studies in Philosophy
• Disciplina: 792.8/01
• Soggetti: Dance - Philosophy; Livres numeriques.; e-books.; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Sequel to: Off the ground.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""1 Introduction""; ""PART ONE: Kinds of ; Dance""; ""2 The Problem of Classification""; ""2.1 How Showbiz Did It""; ""2.2 How Libraries Do It""; ""2.3 Dances as Individuals""; ""2.4 Dimensions of Meaning""; ""2.5 Quality and Context""; ""3 Classification by Context""; ""3.1 Self-defined and Other-defined""; ""3.2 Forms of Life""; ""3.3 Amateur and Professional""; ""3.4 Regular and Irregular""; ""3.5 Audiences""; ""3.6 Dancers""; ""3.7 The Context of Art""; ""3.8 Motivations and Meanings""; ""4 Mimesis""; ""4.1 Quality: Intrinsic Classifications""; ""4.2 Formal and Mimetic""""5 Expression""; ""5.1 Individual Expression""; ""5.2 Social Expression""; ""5.3 Being in the World""; ""6 Formal Principles of Movement""; ""6.1 Basic Movement Types""; ""6.2 Recapitulation""; ""7 Anatomy""; ""7.1 Feet and Hands""; ""7.2 Whole and Part""; ""8 Units and Systems""; ""8.1 Units of Movement""; ""8.2 Movement Systems""; ""9 Rhythm""; ""9.1 The Conceptual Question""; ""9.2 The Basics""; ""9.3 The Sources of Rhythm""; ""9.4 Repetition, Pattern, and Flow""; ""9.5 More Conceptual Questions""; ""9.6 The Uniqueness of Rhythms in Art""; ""10 One and Many""; ""10.1 One among Many""""10.2 Groups""; ""10.3 Chorus and Solo""; ""10.4 Couples""; ""10.5 Conclusion""; ""11 Modes of Dance Organization""; ""11.1 Narrative""; ""11.2 Music""; ""11.3 Dance Form""; ""11.4 Conclusion""; ""PART TWO: Dance and Related Fields""; ""12 Dance and Music""; ""12.1 Symbiosis""; ""12.2 The Art of Dance and the Art of Music""; ""12.3 The Relation of a Dance to Its Music""; ""12.4 Music Structure and Dance Structure""; ""13 Dance and Language""; ""13.1 Verbal Mediation""; ""13.2 Gesture""; ""13.3 Dancing and Talking""; ""13.4 What Is Language?""; ""13.5 The Semiological Extension""""14 Dance and Theatre""; ""14.1 Performing Arts""; ""14.2 Dance and Drama""; ""14.3 Dance and Scene""; ""PART THREE: Aspects of Dance""; ""15 Dance Values""; ""15.1 Singularities""; ""15.2 Generalities""; ""15.3 Dance Criticism""; ""15.4 Conclusion""; ""16 Dancer and Spectator""; ""17 Learning to Dance""; ""17.1 Learning Dances""; ""17.2 Learning Dancing""; ""17.3 Learning to Dance for the Public""; ""17.4 From the Particular to the General""; ""17.5 The Solitary Dancer""; ""17.6 Conclusion""; ""18 Dance and Choreography""; ""18.1 The Basic Hierarchy""; ""18.2 Composition and Execution""""18.3 Choreography and the Dimensions of Dance""; ""18.4 What Choreographers Need to Know""; ""18.5 The Necessity of Choreography""; ""18.6 Margins of Choreography""; ""19 The Identity of a Dance""; ""19.1 Dance and Dancer""; ""19.2 Performance Type and Performance Token""; ""19.3 Performance and Performing""; ""19.4 The Identity of a Dance""; ""20 Recording Dance""; ""20.1 Score and Transcription""; ""20.2 Notation""; ""20.3 Film and Video""; ""20.4 Conclusion""; ""21 Conclusion""; ""22 Afterword: The Three Graces""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Index""
• Sommario/riassunto: Although the theoretical importance of dance has always been recognized, dance has been relatively neglected in the philosophy of art. In this sequel to Off the Ground, in which Professor Sparshott focused on the concept of dance in general, A Measured Pace considers the recognized classification of dance as art, its values, and relationship to the other arts. Sparshott begins with an explanation of the philosophical importance of the major classifications of dance and their basis. He examines dance as a mimetic and expressive medium, and reviews the major dimensions of dance form. He then explores the relationship of dance to three related fields: music, language, and theatre. Sparshott also discusses the major philosophical problems of dance as an art: the specific values of dance; the relation between the way the audience perceives dance and the dancer's self-perception; the ways in which dancing and dances are learned; the division of artistic ; creation between choreographers and performers; and the ways in which dances are identified and retain their identity through time. A concluding chapter on how dances are recorded considers how the media may change the nature of dance. A Measured Pace is a wide-ranging and substantial contribution to a philosophical understanding of dance.