The Creative Self - Beyond Individualism

The Creative Self delves into the hegemony of neoliberal self-optimization and turns to psychoanalysis in search of an alternative.

List of contents

Preface
Introduction: The Creative Self and Neoliberalism
1. Marion Milner’s Poetics of Being, by Mari Ruti
2. “Asking for Paradox to Be Respected”: Winnicott’s Creative Self, by Gail M. Newman
Conclusion
Notes
Index

About the author

Gail Newman (PhD, German Studies, Minnesota) is Harold J. Henry Professor of German, cross-listed with Comparative Literature, at Williams College. She is the author of Locating the Romantic Subject: Novalis with Winnicott (Wayne State, 1997). I chose her as a reader for her interests in psychoanalytic theory, literature and psychoanalysis, and
narrative theory.

Summary

The Creative Self delves into the hegemony of neoliberal self-optimization and turns to psychoanalysis in search of an alternative.

Product details

• Authors: Gail M. Newman, Mari Ruti, Mari (Professor of Critical Theory Ruti, Ruti Mari
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.02.2025
• EAN: 9780231218948
• ISBN: 978-0-231-21894-8
• No. of pages: 312
• Subjects: Guides > Health; Humanities, art, music > Philosophy; SELF-HELP / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Consumer Behavior, Psychology, SELF-HELP / Personal Growth / General, SELF-HELP / Creativity, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Capitalism, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Critical Theory, Western philosophy from c 1800, Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology, Self-help, personal development and practical advice, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Psychoanalysis, psychology; philosophy; self-help