IDIOT LOVE and the Elements of Intimacy: Literature, Philosophy, and Psychoanalysis

Author:   David Stromberg
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2020
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9783030426972


Pages:   167
Publication Date:   06 May 2021
Format:   Paperback
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IDIOT LOVE and the Elements of Intimacy: Literature, Philosophy, and Psychoanalysis


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This book turns our search for intimacy on its head, suggesting that our way to creativity in love may be through idiocy. The book takes its readers on a journey through the work of Plato and Melanie Klein in theorizing the dynamics of intimacy while exploring some of the paradoxical aspects of love in works by Fyodor Dostoevsky and French filmmaker Catherine Breillat. Revisiting core concepts of how we think about relationships, the book lays out a model for relational breakdown—the idiot lovecycle—in which we are constantly in the flux between seeing ourselves and seeing the other. Effecting close readings of literary, philosophical, and psychoanalytical sources, the book draws on parallels between these fields of inquiry while tracing their shared intellectual genealogy, suggesting that the tension between Narcissus and Cassandra, with its inherent conflicts, is also the space through which love emerges from intimacy.

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Author:   David Stromberg
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2020
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9783030426972


ISBN 10:   3030426971
Pages:   167
Publication Date:   06 May 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Chapter 1: Prologue: Depths and Shallows.- 2: Love and Intimacy.- Chapter 3: Death and Tragedy.- Chapter 4: Idiocy and Irony.- Chapter 5: IDIOT LOVE.- Chapter 6: Anxiety and Wisdom.- Chapter 7: Epilogue: Narcissus and Cassandra.

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David Stromberg is a writer, translator, and literary scholar. His books include Baddies (2009), Narrative Faith (2017), and an edited collection of stories for children, In the Land of Happy Tears: Yiddish Tales for Modern Times (2018). He lives in Jerusalem.

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