Combining psychoanalysis, philosophy and
anthropology, scientific research and clinical experience, this essay is a
truly unique interdisciplinary book, in which the explores how the body
represents a contact with the world, which can occur in both healthy and
pathological ways.
The analysis of corporeality and its
pathological offshoots, specifically eating disorders, is not only traced back
to technical or classificatory procedures, but rather contextualized in a
broader vision. In particular, the Authors, a philosopher and a psychoanalyst,
situate the psychological perspective in current anthropological and social
contexts.
The book is enriched by a substantial
bibliography and winds its way through critical reflections on hypermodernity,
communication, contemporary forms of narcissism and depression, pathological
body images, and the theme of myth and idol.
In this varied excursus, we focus both on
contemporary scientific research, various psychoanalytic perspectives and the
theories of Authors such as Jacques Derrida, Emmanuel Lévinas and Jean-Luc
Nancy.
The book, in other words, seeks to grasp the
extreme complexity of living systems, seeks to articulate an interdisciplinary
and metadisciplinary discourse, in which the individual parts contribute to the
whole, with the intention of handing back to the reader a possibly accomplished
synthesis, however always open to further research and interpretive avenues.
This text, though with complex theoretical knots and a language specific to the disciplines addressed, aims not only at academia or professionals in the field, but also at the average reader interested in the topic of the body, its existential expressions and its possible psychological pathologies.
Floriana Irtelli is a lecturer at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milan. She is a psychoanalyst and psychotherapist. Irtelli also works at the Fatebenefratelli Hospital, Milan, performing research and clinical activities. She has edited collections on Psychosis (2018) and Family Therapy (2019). Her most recent book is about Contemporar...
Dr. Fabio Gabrielli, philosopher, was Professor of Philosophical Anthropology and Dean of the Faculty of Human Sciences at Ludes University in Lugano, Switzerland. He currently teaches Philosophy of Relationships at the School of Management of the LUM University, Milan campus. Gabrielli has published over two hundred papers, including 'Quantum Hum...
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