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

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Stromberg, David (Author)
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020.
Edition:	1st ed. 2020.
Subjects:	Philosophy. Literature-Philosophy. Psychoanalysis. Philosophy of Man. Literary Theory. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

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.