Art in the Offertorium : narcissism, psychoanalysis, and cultural metaphysics /
This book proposes a new approach to the problem of aesthetic experience in Western culture. Noting how art world phenomena evoke conventional psychoanalytic speculations about narcissism, the authors turn the tables and "apply" aesthetic questions and concerns to psychoanalytic theory. Ex...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Amsterdam :
Rodopi,
2012.
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Colección: | Contemporary psychoanalytic studies ;
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | This book proposes a new approach to the problem of aesthetic experience in Western culture. Noting how art world phenomena evoke conventional psychoanalytic speculations about narcissism, the authors turn the tables and "apply" aesthetic questions and concerns to psychoanalytic theory. Experimenting with Freudian and post-Freudian concepts, they propose a non-normative theory of the psychic drive to address and embrace deep tensions in the post-Renaissance aesthetic project, the rise of modernism, and the contemporary art world. It is argued that these tensions reflect central conflicts in th. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 268 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9789401207775 9401207771 9042035013 9789042035010 1283543095 9781283543095 |