Hour of Birth - Psychoanalysis of the Sublime and Contemporary Art

To explore the impact of psychoanalytic ideas and contemporary visual artists upon each other, this volume examines the aesthetics of the sublime as an allegory for psychic birth. This book will appeal to all psychoanalysts and psychotherapists interested in art and questions of psychic development.

List of contents

1. The Imminence of the Object 2. A Success Story 3. The Sublime Now 4. The Snake in the Maze 5. A Space Full of Darkness 6. The River-God of Blood 7. Savage Beauty 8. Heavenly Palaces 9. Can't Help Myself 10. Sublimation Reinvented 11. The Matter of Time 12. The Abject Body 13. Oh Life, Begun in a Bloody Flow

About the author

Giuseppe Civitarese, MD, PhD, is a psychiatrist and training and supervising analyst of the Italian Psychoanalytic Society (SPI), and a member of the American Psychoanalytic Association (APsaA) and of the International Psychoanalytic Association (IPA). He lives and is in private practice, in Pavia, Italy.

Product details

• Authors: Giuseppe Civitarese, Civitarese Giuseppe
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.08.2025
• EAN: 9781032765280
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3276528-0
• No. of pages: 116
• Series: The New Library of Psychoanalysis
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Psychoanalysis; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; ART / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Creative Ability, Psychotherapy, Creative therapy (eg art, music, drama), Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology, Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology), The arts: general topics, Creative therapy / Expressive therapies, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Psychoanalysis