Portraits of the Artist

Psychoanalysis of Creativity and its Vicissitudes
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-138-15401-8
Verlag: CRC Press

Buch, Englisch, 330 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 453 g

Gedo's pathbreaking exploration of the psychology of creativity incorporates first-hand material drawn from his extensive clinical work with artists, musicians, and other exceptionally creative individuals. Using this body of clinical knowledge as conceptual anchorage, he then offers illuminating reassessments of the artistic productivity of van Gogh, Picasso, Gauguin, and Caravaggio, and the literary productivity of Nietzsche, Jung, and Freud.

Zielgruppe

Professional and Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gedo, John E.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Differentielle Psychologie, Persönlichkeitspsychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Kognitionspsychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologische Disziplinen Angewandte Psychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction, Gay I. Psychoanalytic Studies of Creativity: A Retrospect 1. Biographical Studies 2. Studies of Aesthetics and Creativity II. Clinical Studies 3. Creative Paralysis: The Captivity of Idleness 4. Barefoot and Pregnant: The Dilemma of the Woman Artist 5. Spared by the Fire from Heaven 6. The Psychology of Genius Revisited III. Historical Studies 7. On van Gogh, Picasso, and the Dynamics of Creativity 8. Creativity and Psychopathology: van Gogh and Gauguin as Prototypes 9. Terribilita: The Paranoid Monster as Creative Genius 10. On the Lamentations of Doctor Faustus IV. Creativity as Prophecy 11. Sigmund Freud and the Socratic Tradition 12. A Promise of Magic 13. Magna Est Vis Veritatis Tuae Et Praevalebit 14. The Air Trembles, for Demi-Gods Draw Near Epilogue: The Artist in the Age of Mass Culture: Prophet in the Wilderness

Über Autor(innen)

John E. Gedo, M.D., retired in 1990 as Training and Supervising Analyst, Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis. He is the author of numerous books for Analytic Press, including The Biology of Clinical Encounters (1991) and The Mind in Disorder (1998).