Imagination from fantasy to delusion

In Imagination from Fantasy to Delusion, Lois Oppenheim illustrates the enhancement of self that creativity affords, the relationship of imagination to the self as agent. The premise of this book is twofold: First, that the imaginary is real. Where it differs from what we commonly take to be reality...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Oppenheim, Lois., author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, N.Y. : Routledge 2013.
Edición:First edition
Colección:Psychoanalysis in a new key book series ; v. 16.
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Sumario:In Imagination from Fantasy to Delusion, Lois Oppenheim illustrates the enhancement of self that creativity affords, the relationship of imagination to the self as agent. The premise of this book is twofold: First, that the imaginary is real. Where it differs from what we commonly take to be reality is in structure and in form. The imaginary of art, for example, is not illusionary for it is phenomenologically describable and even depictable, as demonstrated by the self-reflexive efforts of modernist painters and writers. No less real than the imaginary of art, and thus fantasy, is
Notas:Description based upon print version of record.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (241 p.)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781135280017
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