UNDERSTANDING HUMAN LIFE THROUGH P Explorations of Euripides, Sophocles and Aeschylus

Drawing parallels between ancient theatre, the analytic setting and the workings of psychic life, this book examines the tragedies of Euripides, Sophocles and Aeschylus through a psychoanalytic lens, with a view of furthering the reader's understanding of primitive mental states.

About the author

Sotiris Manolopoulos is a child analyst and training analyst based in Athens, Greece. He was trained in the Canadian Psychoanalytic Society and is a member of the Hellenic Psychoanalytic Society, where he was previously president and director of training.

Summary

Drawing parallels between ancient theatre, the analytic setting and the workings of psychic life, this book examines the tragedies of Euripides, Sophocles and Aeschylus through a psychoanalytic lens, with a view of furthering the reader’s understanding of primitive mental states.

Product details

• Authors: Sotiris Manolopoulos
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 17.09.2024
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries
• EAN: 9781032712857
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3271285-7
• Pages: 160
• Subjects: PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, ART / Performance, Psychotherapy, Theatre Studies, Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology, Literary theory, Performance Art, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Ancient (Classical) Greek, Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology), Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Trauma Studies, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Psychoanalysis, psychoanalytic theory, political subjectivity, collective psyche, tragedy psychoanalysis intersection, analytic clinical practice, mourning and femininity