Intimacies

Leo Bersani

• 15 juni 2010
• 9780226043456

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Features two intellectuals who engage in a dialogue about the problems and possibilities of human intimacy. In this book, their conversation takes as its point of departure psychoanalysis and its central importance to the modern imagination. It explores new ways of thinking about the human psyche.



Two gifted and highly prolific intellectuals, Leo Bersani and Adam Phillips, here engage in a fascinating dialogue about the problems and possibilities of human intimacy. Their conversation takes as its point of departure psychoanalysis and its central importance to the modern imagination - though equally important is their shared sense that by misleading us about the importance of self-knowledge and the danger of narcissism, psychoanalysis has failed to realize its most exciting and innovative relational potential. Persuasive and provocative, "Intimacies" is a rare opportunity to listen in on two brilliant thinkers as they explore new ways of thinking about the human psyche.