{"product_id":"9798765123188","title":"Genius After Psychoanalysis: Freud and Lacan","description":"Author: Cho, K. Daniel\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9798765123188\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Bloomsbury\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 12 Dec 2024\u003cbr\u003ePages: 208 Format: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDevelops a new psychoanalytic theory of genius, a concept that is often invoked and pervasive in popular culture but which is rarely \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003escrutinized\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e in depth. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eIn the absence of this scrutiny, genius has come to be understood as exceptional talent or intelligence   an elitist notion. \u003ci\u003eGenius After Psychoanalysis\u003c\/i\u003e intervenes in this debate by offering a new account of genius.\u003cbr\u003e Drawing on the work of Sigmund Freud and Jacques Lacan, K. Daniel Cho\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eargues that genius is not exceptional talent or intelligence but is related to and illuminated by the psychological concept of sublimation, where the unpleasures that arise when our intellectual products fail become themselves pleasurable. Beginning with a close examination of Freud's work on Leonardo da Vinci, Cho analyzes film, art, our relationship to nature, politics, group psychology, love, and philosophy to demonstrate that genius, far from an elitist notion, is universally available through a different approach to ideas of imperfection, disappointment, and failure. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eGenius After Psychoanalysis \u003c\/i\u003eis a bold new intervention on a culturally central but understudied topic.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46643217727646,"sku":"UBD-9798765123188","price":44.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9798765123188.jpg?v=1774484353","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9798765123188","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}