ABSTRACT
Psychoanalytic Perspectives on the Shadow of the Parent explores the psychological challenges faced by the offspring of either famous or notorious parents.
Beginning with parental legacies found in mythology and the Bible, the book presents a series of case studies drawn from a range of narrative contexts, selecting personalities drawn from history, politics, psychoanalysis and literature, all viewed from an analytic perspective. The concluding section focuses on the manifestation of this parental shadow within the field of fine art, as written by artists themselves.
This is a lively and varied collection from a fascinating range of contributors. It provides readers with a new understanding of family history, trauma and reckoning screened through a psychoanalytic perspective, and will appeal to psychoanalysts, psychotherapists, counsellors and anyone interested in the dynamics of the family.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|65 pages
Perspectives
part |13 pages
In the Bible
part |20 pages
In Greek mythology and opera
part |29 pages
In Shakespeare
chapter Chapter 4|12 pages
“Madness, yet there’s method in it”
part II|172 pages
‘I’-witness accounts
part |70 pages
In psychoanalysis
chapter Chapter 7|22 pages
A tragic inheritance
chapter Chapter 8|16 pages
Making my way out of the shadow into the sun
part |33 pages
In socio-political life
part |16 pages
In philosophy
part |15 pages
In religion and family life
chapter Chapter 12|13 pages
The eye begins to see
part |34 pages
Reflections in fine art