The Sound Of The Unconscious

Author : Ludovica Grassi
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 167 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2021-05-31
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781000391619

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The Sound of the Unconscious by Ludovica Grassi Pdf

In this book, Ludovica Grassi explores the importance of music in psychoanalysis, arguing that music is a basic working tool for psyche, as words are composed of sound, rhythm and intonation more than lexical meaning. Starting from ethnomusicological, evolutionary, neurodevelopmental, psychological and psychoanalytical perspectives, the book explores music’s symbolic status, structure and way of operating compared to unconscious psychic functioning. Extraordinary similarities are revealed, especially in mechanisms such as repetition, imitation, variation (transformation), intimacy and the work of mourning, of the negative and of nostalgia. Moreover, silence and absence are essential components of music as well as of psychic and symbolic functioning. Time and temporality are specifically investigated in the book as key elements both in music and in symbolization and subjectivation processes. The role of the word’s phonic kernel and of the voice as fundamental links to emotions, the body, the sexual and the infantile has promising implications for psychoanalytic work. All these elements find an articulation in the natural as well as complex activity of listening, which conveys a tri-dimensional and polyphonic dimension of the world, so important both in music and in psychoanalysis. Illuminating the link between music and analysis in new and contemporary ways, The Sound of the Unconscious explores the resulting advances in theory and clinical practice and will be of great interest to practicing and training psychoanalysts and psychotherapists.

Author : Robert Ryder
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2022-02-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783110733020

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The Acoustical Unconscious by Robert Ryder Pdf

Is there an acoustical equivalent to Walter Benjamin’s idea of the optical unconscious? In the 1930s, Benjamin was interested in how visual media expand our optical perception: the invention of the camera allowed us to see images and details that we could not consciously perceive before. This study argues that Benjamin was also concerned with how acoustical media allow us to “hear otherwise,” that is, to listen to sound structures previously lost to the naked ear. Crucially, they help sensitize us to the discursive sonority of words, which Benjamin was already alluding to in his autobiographical work. In five chapters that range in scope from Tieck’s Blonde Eckbert, which Benjamin once called his locus classicus of his theory of forgetting, to Alexander Kluge’s films and short texts, where he develops what he calls “sound perspectives,” this monograph discusses how the acoustical unconscious enriches our understanding of different media, from the written word to radio and film. As the first book-length study of Benjamin’s linguistic, cultural-historical, and media-theoretical reflections on sound, this book will be particularly relevant to students and scholars of both German studies and sound studies.

Author : Rosemarie Sponner Sand
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2013-12-18
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781442231740

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The Unconscious without Freud by Rosemarie Sponner Sand Pdf

During the first ten years of his career in psychological medicine, Sigmund Freud espoused a theory of unconsciousness which predated his own. As Rosemarie Sand describes in The Unconscious without Freud, he would evolve this theory over the course of his career and eventually apply it to his own psychological practice. Once Freud's hypothesis of unconscious mental functioning was published, the same professionals who had valued the traditional concept turned against what they considered to be a catastrophic, logically indefensible revision. The scientific investigation of unconscious influences was retarded for decades as a war zone opened between implacable opponents and intransigent defenders of the Freudian concept of unconscious mind. In the din of this battle, the traditional theory, free of the features which Freud's foes could not accept, was forgotten. Sand argues that a return to this original theory, which psychotherapists and experimenters might both espouse, could contribute to a cessation of hostilities and lead to the peaceful development of a theory of the unconscious—one that is free from the stigma that is currently attached to Freudian theory.

Author : Thalia Trigoni
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2020-11-16
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781000226713

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The Intelligent Unconscious in Modernist Literature and Science by Thalia Trigoni Pdf

This book reassesses the philosophical, psychological and, above all, the literary representations of the unconscious in the early twentieth century. This period is distinctive in the history of responses to the unconscious because it gave rise to a line of thought according to which the unconscious is an intelligent agent able to perform judgements and formulate its own thoughts. The roots of this theory stretch back to nineteenth-century British physiologists. Despite the production of a number of studies on modernist theories of the relation of the unconscious to conscious cognition, the degree to which the notion of the intelligent unconscious influenced modernist thinkers and writers remains understudied. This study seeks to look back at modernism from beyond the Freudian model. It is striking that although we tend not to explore the importance of this way of thinking about the unconscious and its relationship to consciousness during this period, modernist writers adopted it widely. The intelligent unconscious was particularly appealing to literary authors as it is intertwined with creativity and artistic novelty through its ability to move beyond discursive logic. The book concentrates primarily on the works of D. H. Lawrence, Virginia Woolf and T.S. Eliot, authors who engaged the notion of the intelligent unconscious, reworked it and offered it for the consumption of the general populace in varied ways and for different purposes, whether aesthetic, philosophical, societal or ideological.

Author : Salman Akhtar
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2018-03-08
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780429916915

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On Freud's The Unconscious by Salman Akhtar Pdf

If there ever was one word that could represent the essence of Freud's work, that word would be 'unconscious'. Indeed, Freud himself regarded his 1915 paper 'The Unconscious' as central to clarifying the fundamentals of his metapsychology. The paper delineates the topographic model of the mind and spells out the concepts of primary and secondary process thinking, thing and word presentations, timelessness of the unconscious, condensation and symbolism, unconscious problem solving, and the relationship between the system Ucs and repression. Examining these proposals in the light of contemporary psychoanalytic theory as well as from the perspective of current neurophysiology and ethology, nine distinguished analysts take Freud's ideas further in ways that have implications for both psychoanalytic theory and practice.

Author : Leonard Mlodinow
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2013-02-12
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780307472250

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Subliminal by Leonard Mlodinow Pdf

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the bestselling author of The Drunkard’s Walk, a startling, eye-opening examination of how the unconscious mind shapes our experience of the world. “Mlodinow plunges into the realm of the unconscious mind accompanied by the latest scientific research ... [with] plenty of his trademark humor.” —Los Angeles Times Over the past two decades of neurological research, it has become increasingly clear that the way we experience the world—our perception, behavior, memory, and social judgment—is largely driven by the mind's subliminal processes and not by the conscious ones, as we have long believed. In Subliminal, Leonard Mlodinow employs his signature concise, accessible explanations of the most obscure scientific subjects to unravel the complexities of the subliminal mind. In the process he shows the many ways it influences how we misperceive our relationships with family, friends, and business associates; how we misunderstand the reasons for our investment decisions; and how we misremember important events—along the way, changing our view of ourselves and the world around us.

Author : D. H. Lawrence
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2019-11-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:4057664655820

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Fantasia of the Unconscious by D. H. Lawrence Pdf

'Fantasia of the Unconscious' is a non-fiction book about Freudian psychoanalysis, written from the perspective of British author D. H. Lawrence. He was an English writer best-known for the novels—Sons and Lovers, The Rainbow, Women in Love, and Lady Chatterley's Lover. The book basically revolves around Lawrence's ideas on human nature, and contains some ideas about race and gender that may not fit the sensibilities of today's readers.

Author : Morton Prince
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2023-07-11
Category : Psychology
ISBN : EAN:4066339532182

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The unconscious : The fundamentals of human personality, normal and abnormal by Morton Prince Pdf

"The unconscious : The fundamentals of human personality, normal and abnormal" by Morton Prince. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

Author : W L Northridge
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2013-07-04
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781136325892

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Modern Theories Of The Unconscious by W L Northridge Pdf

This is Volume XXIII of thirty-eight in the General Psychology series. So much has been written in recent years on the Unconscious that the time seems opportune to compare and contrast the various important theories that have held the field. Originally published in 1924, this present book aims at a general review of this kind. The subject is Modern Theories of the Unconscious, but as a study of current theories cannot well be entered upon without considering early theories, we include the latter in our general survey and devote the first chapter to their consideration. On account of its importance in modem psychology, Freud's theory is kept much in evidence throughout, and frequent references are made to it when dealing with the work of other authors.

Author : Eduard Von Hartmann
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 848 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2014-06-23
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781317830412

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Philosophy of the Unconscious by Eduard Von Hartmann Pdf

This is Volume VII of eight in a series on the Philosophy of Mind and Language. Originally published in 1931, this book presents Speculative Results according to the Inductive Method of Physical Science. Interest in Hartmann’s conception of the Unconscious until the beginning of the present century was primarily metaphysical; his treatise was merely the first, and most significant, of the thirty volumes which set forth his “system.”

Author : Jayne Pilling
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780231161992

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Animating the Unconscious by Jayne Pilling Pdf

As critical interest has grown in the unique ways in which art animation explores and depicts subjective experience - particularly in relation to desire, sexuality, social constructions of gender, confessional modes, fantasy, and the animated documentary - this volume offers detailed analysis of both the process and practice of key contemporary filmmakers, while also raising more general issues around the specificities of animation. Combining critical essays with interview material, visual mapping of the creative process, consideration of the neglected issue of how the use of sound differs from that of conventional live-action, and filmmakers' critiques of each others' work, this unique collection aims to both provoke and illuminate via an insightful multi-faceted approach.

Author : Schafer, Stephen Brock
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2016-01-28
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781466698925

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Exploring the Collective Unconscious in the Age of Digital Media by Schafer, Stephen Brock Pdf

For decades we have witnessed the emergence of a media age of illusion that is based on the principles of physics—the multidimensionality, immateriality, and non-locality of the unified field of energy and information—as a virtual reality. As a result, a new paradigm shift has reframed the cognitive unconscious of individuals and collectives and generated a worldview in which mediated illusion prevails. Exploring the Collective Unconscious in a Digital Age investigates the cognitive significance of an altered mediated reality that appears to have all the dimensions of a dreamscape. This book presents the idea that if the digital media-sphere proves to be structurally and functionally analogous to a dreamscape, the Collective Unconscious researched by Carl Jung and the Cognitive Unconscious researched by George Lakoff are susceptible to research according to the parameters of hard science. This pivotal research-based publication is ideally designed for use by psychologists, theorists, researchers, and graduate-level students studying human cognition and the influence of the digital media revolution.

Author : Richard Barlow
Publisher : University of Notre Dame Pess
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2017-03-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780268101046

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The Celtic Unconscious by Richard Barlow Pdf

The Celtic Unconscious offers a vital new interpretation of modernist literature through an examination of James Joyce’s employment of Scottish literature and philosophy, as well as a commentary on his portrayal of shared Irish and Scottish histories and cultures. Barlow also offers an innovative look at the strong influences that Joyce’s predecessors had on his work, including James Macpherson, James Hogg, David Hume, Robert Burns, and Robert Louis Stevenson. The book draws upon all of Joyce’s major texts but focuses mainly on Finnegans Wake in making three main, interrelated arguments: that Joyce applies what he sees as a specifically “Celtic” viewpoint to create the atmosphere of instability and skepticism of Finnegans Wake; that this reasoning is divided into contrasting elements, which reflect the deep religious and national divide of post-1922 Ireland, but which have their basis in Scottish literature; and finally, that despite the illustration of the contrasts and divisions of Scottish and Irish history, Scottish literature and philosophy are commissioned by Joyce as part of a program of artistic “decolonization” which is enacted in Finnegans Wake. The Celtic Unconscious is the first book-length study of the role of Scottish literature in Joyce’s work and is a vital contribution to the fields of Irish and Scottish studies. This book will appeal to scholars and students of Joyce, and to students interested in Irish studies, Scottish studies, and English literature.

Author : Terence Paul Fagan
Publisher : Grosvenor House Publishing
Page : 455 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2014-11-03
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781781484258

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When Night Falls by Terence Paul Fagan Pdf

Consciousness is a hugely important brain phenomenon, but until now it has been a very poorly understood one in conceptual terms. However, a major breakthrough in our conceptual understanding has been made, and a radical new school of philosophical thought on the subject has arisen; and what we are now discovering consciousness to be, is truly mind-blowing! WHEN NIGHT FALLS explains this new school of philosophical thought on what conscious-mind is, how it relates to the brain, to our memory, and to the external world; and also discusses its existential implications, especially concerning the issue of conscious Life-After-Death.

Author : Marcus Coates
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2014-04
Category : Art
ISBN : 190601261X

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A Practical Guide to Unconscious Reasoning by Marcus Coates Pdf