A curious intimacy
Subtitle: art and neuro-psychoanalysis
By: Lois Oppenheim.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 198
Subjects: Psychoanalysis and the arts; Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Description: "A Curious Intimacy is an innovative study into the interrelation between art and neuro-psychoanalysis which significantly narrows the divide between the humanities and the sciences." "Situating our grasp of the creative mind within the historical context of theories of sublimation, Lois Oppenheim proposes a change in paradigm for the study of the creative process, questioning the idea that creativity serves, above all, the reparation of early object relationships and the resolution of conflict."

"A Curious Intimacy will have great appeal for all those interested in the study of imagination and creativity. It will also be of particular interest to students across the humanities and sciences and to psychotherapists and psychoanalysts wanting to explore the contribution that neuro-psychoanalysis can make to our understanding of the creative process."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Art and the brain; title: Creativity and biology; title: Re-dressing the question: neuroscience and the "feminine" in art; title: New direction for interdisciplinary psychoanalysis; title: Psychic boundaries in the work of Samuel Beckett; title: Paul Klee's late style; title: Shape of process: Martha Graham's journey into the self.