2001: A Space Odyssey and Lacanian Psychoanalytic Theory

In 1968, Stanley Kubrick completed and released his magnum opus motion picture 2001: A Space Odyssey ; a time that was also tremendously important in the formation of the psychoanalytic theory of Jacques Lacan. Bringing these figures together, Bristow offers a study that goes beyond, as the film did. He extends Lacan's late topological insights, delves into conceptualisations of desire, in G. W. F. Hegel, Alexandre Kojève, and Lacan himself, and deals with the major themes of cuts (filmic and psychoanalytic); space; silence; surreality; and ' das Ding ', in relation to the movie's enigmatic monolith. This book is a tour de force of psychoanalytic theory and space odyssey that will appeal to academics and practitioners of psychoanalysis and film studies, as well as to any fan of Kubrick's work.

List of contents

1. Overture.- 2. Monolith.- 3. Cut.- 4. Space.- 5. Silence.- 6. Surreality.

About the author

Daniel Bristow is author of Joyce and Lacan: Reading, Writing, and Psychoanalysis, and contributing editor and co-creator of the Everyday Analysis Collective.

Summary

In 1968, Stanley Kubrick completed and released his magnum opus motion picture 2001: A Space Odyssey; a time that was also tremendously important in the formation of the psychoanalytic theory of Jacques Lacan. Bringing these figures together, Bristow offers a study that goes beyond, as the film did. He extends Lacan’s late topological insights, delves into conceptualisations of desire, in G. W. F. Hegel, Alexandre Kojève, and Lacan himself, and deals with the major themes of cuts (filmic and psychoanalytic); space; silence; surreality; and ‘das Ding’, in relation to the movie’s enigmatic monolith. This book is a tour de force of psychoanalytic theory and space odyssey that will appeal to academics and practitioners of psychoanalysis and film studies, as well as to any fan of Kubrick’s work.

Product details

• Authors: Daniel Bristow
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2018
• EAN: 9783319694436
• ISBN: 978-3-31-969443-6
• No. of pages: 132
• Dimensions: 149 mm x 217 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 285 g
• Illustrations: X, 132 p. 25 illus., 4 illus. in color.
• Series: The Palgrave Lacan Series; The Palgrave Lacan Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Basic principles; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; C, Psychology, Philosophy of Science, Film Theory, Popular psychology, Psychology: the self, ego, identity, personality, Self, Behavioral Sciences and Psychology, Behavioral Science and Psychology, Psychology—Methodology, Psychological Methods, Psychological Methods/Evaluation, Psychological measurement, Philosophy and science, Popular Science in Psychology, Motion pictures, Film history, theory & criticism, Self and Identity, Identity (Psychology)