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Author:   Michel Thys
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.380kg
ISBN:  

9781032802121

ISBN 10:   103280212
Pages:   236
Publication Date:   30 April 2025
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Part 1: From Fascination to Desire for Being 1. Phenomenology of fascination - A dialogue with Sartre 2. Fear of self-destruction - Fascinating metamorphoses and solidified truth 3. I is a thing- On trauma and desire for being Part 2: From Body to Identity 4. Dysincarnation - The body on the edge of the symbolic 5. From discreet whispers to public shouts - Psychoanalysis and the culture of self-disclosure 6. Inevitable and elusive- Identity between melancholy and megalomania Part 3: Narrative Challenges 7. Hopper, Levinas and the quasi-subject - The subject outside time 8. The corpse of Polynices - The obscene and tragedy as fascinum 9. Monstrous Frankenstein- The narrative at the last minute Part 4: On the Edge of the Human 10. Disaster tourism and violent transformations - Cultural figures of the inhuman 11. From Charcot to Chaplin - On the infantile, the traumatic and the grotesque 12. The subject as ruin - Back to the desire for being Bibliography

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""In On the Edge of Human Imagination, Thys unfolds the thesis that it is precisely in its limits that the essence of the human comes into its own par excellence. Using examples from psychoanalytic practice, art and literature, and linking these to ideas from philosophy, Thys gives language to situations in which the linguistic is under pressure. The flowery treatises exemplify the author's broad background. From ingredients of all his worlds, he makes new creations. Thys is a true word artist. The book is ‘food for thought’ and is very suitable for joint reading in, for instance, intervision groups; it provides new language for sharing experiences."" Esther Spuijbroek in Tijdschrift voor Psychoanalyse en haar toepassingen [Journal of Psychonalysis and its applications] ""In On the Edge of Human lmagination, Thys arrives at a coherent theory of fascination and the ‘inhuman’. His lucid exploration of the limits of the human is marked by a deep engagement with several thinkers and disciplines and provides a framework to better understand certain experiences, such as trauma. Thys' clear use of language also makes the book a good introduction to various currents within philosophy and psychoanalysis. He deftly manages to draw the reader into his reflections and thought processes. The diversity of vignettes makes the reading itself a fascinating experience."" Kasper Essers in Filosofie en Psychiatrie [Philosophy and Psychiatry]

Author Information

Michel Thys is a clinical psychologist, psychotherapist, psychoanalyst and doctor of philosophy. He is a member of the Flemish Association of Psychoanalytic Therapy and the Belgian School of Psychoanalysis. He is former editor-in-chief of the Dutch-Flemish journal Tijdschrift voor Psychoanalyse. He works in private practice in Antwerp, Belgium.

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