1. Introduction, Carmen Wright 2. Jealousy, Monogamy and Utopian Politics, Anouchka Grose 3. Jealousy, Darian Leader 4. Sisterly Jealousies, Genèieve Morel 5. Jealousy as a Social Bond, Renata Salecl 6. Jealousy of the Real, Akshi Singh 7. Usurpers and rivals: Jealousy and Envy in Lacan’s Family Complexes, Kristina Valendinova 8. Jealousy: Gazes, Mothers, America, Jamieson Webster 9. Jealousy: The Good, the Bad, and the Social, Carmen Wright
Biography
Carmen Wright is a psychoanalyst and psychotherapist practicing in London. She is a member of the Centre for Freudian Analysis and Research, where she also teaches. She welcomes at the François Dolto inspired ‘Maison Verte’ in London, Bubble & Speak.
In this marvellous collection of pithy essays, an international cast of scholars and clinicians endeavour to probe into the multi-layered phenomenon of jealousy. Illustrating their arguments with clinical case-vignettes and examples from popular culture, they demonstrate persuasively that jealousy is not a unitary, monolithic experience, but a complex, composite, and protean aspect of the human mind, which cannot be detached from the social bond. If this book does not make you jealous of the authors’ agility and their sparkling insights, it is guaranteed to change your perspective on everything you thought you knew about one of the core components of the human condition.
Dany Nobus, Professor of Psychoanalytic Psychology, Brunel University of London
