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Psychoanalysis and the Act of Artistic Creation: A Look at the Unconscious Dynamics of Creativity book cover

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Psychoanalysis and the Act of Artistic Creation A Look at the Unconscious Dynamics of Creativity

By Luís Manuel Romano Delgado Copyright 2023
86 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

86 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

86 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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This book explores the phenomenon of creativity and creation from a psychoanalytic point of view, focusing on understanding the psychoemotional dynamics underlying artistic creative activities, such as theatre, literature, and painting. Throughout, Delgado considers these works of art through a Bionian, Kleinian, and Freudian lens. He uses three major psychoanalytic models of the creative... Read more
Theoretical Introduction  1. Freudian Sublimation in Artistic Creation  2. The Need for Repair as an Impetus for Artistic Creation  3. Dialogue between D. Winnicott and S. Arietti concerning ‘I and the Village’ (Chagall, 1911)  4. Wilfred Bion’s concepts of continent function and SP<–>D in understanding artistic creative activity  5. Bion and the Popes of Horror: Theory of Transformations  6. Monologues and dialogues in James Joyce’s work: Through the eyes of Bion and Ferro  7. GALILEO GALILEI, by Bertolt Brecht, as a metaphor for the continuous transformational movement of thought  8. Some Psychological Dimensions Presents in the Activity of Creative Writer and Reader  9. Synthesis and final comments: Language of achievement

Biography

Luís Manuel Romano Delgado is a professor at the Institute of Psychology, University Institute (ISPA-IU), Lisbon, Portugal and a psychoanalyst in private practice in Lisbon, and a Full and Training Member of the Portuguese Association of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy (APPPP), Portugal, federated in the International Federation of Psychoanalytic Societies (IFPS). He is a Full Member of the Applied Psychology Research Center Capabilities & Inclusion (APPsyCI), which provides investigations of psychology and social problems. His great interest lies in the study of psychodynamics of creativity and psychoanalysis applied to artistic and literary objects. He has published two books on this subject and several articles in national and international journals.

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