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Author: Ellen Sinkman
Publisher: Jason Aronson Publishers
Imprint: Jason Aronson Publishers
Dimensions:
Width: 16.00cm
, Height: 2.00cm
, Length: 23.90cm
Weight: 0.426kg
ISBN: 9780765708427
ISBN 10: 0765708426
Pages: 180
Publication Date: 22 December 2012
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Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Ellen Sinkman has definitely shown us that 'beauty is not skin deep;' in fact, in this book we are taken back 50,000 years to look at how Neanderthal man tried to beautify himself- as have all recorded cultures (even wanting their dead bodies to look beautiful for the gods). Using myths, fairytales, and her psychoanalytic work, Sinkman shows how profound the search for beauty is. Whether it relates to some early attachment to the idealized mother or some deep denial of death by striving for perfection, Sinkman shows us why the search for beauty triggers off such intense affects as shame, disgust, envy, and a pathological obsession with aging. When you finish this brilliant, scholarly work you will understand why the obsession with beauty (for men and women alike) has such deep biological and psychological roots. Congratulations to the author on this extraordinary 'eye-opening' work.-Carolyn Ellman, PhD, New York University -- Carolyn Ellman In The Psychology of Beauty: Creation of a Beautiful Self, Ellen Sinkman has written a book that should be required reading for all students on mental health. Our patients have preoccupations, fantasies, and dreams about beauty that often go unaddressed in treatment. Sinkman takes us on a guided tour of this private land of beauty; the experience unforgettable.-Elizabeth L. Auchincloss, MD, Weill Cornell Medical College; Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research -- Arlene Kramer Richards How useful and beautiful it is to have myths and fairy tales mingled with psychoanalytic case stories to examine the many ways the idea of beauty drives both thinking and behavior. This book mines a rich trove of Western archaeology, literature, and science to come up with a fascinating story of its own. Read it and weep, laugh, learn and enjoy.-Arlene Kramer Richards, EdD, Contemporary Freudian Society; Institute for Psychoanalytic Research and Training -- Arlene Kramer Richards
Ellen Sinkman has definitely shown us that 'beauty is not skin deep;' in fact, in this book we are taken back 50,000 years to look at how Neanderthal man tried to beautify himself- as have all recorded cultures (even wanting their dead bodies to look beautiful for the gods). Using myths, fairytales, and her psychoanalytic work, Sinkman shows how profound the search for beauty is. Whether it relates to some early attachment to the idealized mother or some deep denial of death by striving for perfection, Sinkman shows us why the search for beauty triggers off such intense affects as shame, disgust, envy, and a pathological obsession with aging. When you finish this brilliant, scholarly work you will understand why the obsession with beauty (for men and women alike) has such deep biological and psychological roots. Congratulations to the author on this extraordinary 'eye-opening' work.-Carolyn Ellman, PhD, New York University -- Carolyn Ellman Ph.D, New York University How useful and beautiful it is to have myths and fairy tales mingled with psychoanalytic case stories to examine the many ways the idea of beauty drives both thinking and behavior. This book mines a rich trove of Western archaeology, literature, and science to come up with a fascinating story of its own. Read it and weep, laugh, learn and enjoy. -- Arlene Kramer Richards Ed.D, Contemporary Freudian Society; Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research In The Psychology of Beauty: Creation of a Beautiful Self, Ellen Sinkman has written a book that should be required reading for all students of mental health. Our patients have preoccupations, fantasies, and dreams about beauty that often go unaddressed in treatment. Sinkman takes us on a guided tour of this private land of beauty; the experience unforgettable.-Elizabeth L. Auchincloss, MD, Weill Cornell Medical College; Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research -- Elizabeth L. Auchincloss, M.D., Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Ellen Sinkman has definitely shown us that 'beauty is not skin deep;' in fact, in this book we are taken back 50,000 years to look at how Neanderthal man tried to beautify himself- as have all recorded cultures (even wanting their dead bodies to look beautiful for the gods). Using myths, fairytales, and her psychoanalytic work, Sinkman shows how profound the search for beauty is. Whether it relates to some early attachment to the idealized mother or some deep denial of death by striving for perfection, Sinkman shows us why the search for beauty triggers off such intense affects as shame, disgust, envy, and a pathological obsession with aging. When you finish this brilliant, scholarly work you will understand why the obsession with beauty (for men and women alike) has such deep biological and psychological roots. Congratulations to the author on this extraordinary 'eye-opening' work.-Carolyn Ellman, PhD, New York University -- Carolyn Ellman How useful and beautiful it is to have myths and fairy tales mingled with psychoanalytic case stories to examine the many ways the idea of beauty drives both thinking and behavior. This book mines a rich trove of Western archaeology, literature, and science to come up with a fascinating story of its own. Read it and weep, laugh, learn and enjoy.-Arlene Kramer Richards, EdD, Contemporary Freudian Society; Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research -- Arlene Kramer Richards In The Psychology of Beauty: Creation of a Beautiful Self, Ellen Sinkman has written a book that should be required reading for all students of mental health. Our patients have preoccupations, fantasies, and dreams about beauty that often go unaddressed in treatment. Sinkman takes us on a guided tour of this private land of beauty; the experience unforgettable.-Elizabeth L. Auchincloss, MD, Weill Cornell Medical College; Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research -- Elizabeth L. Auchincloss, M.D., Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Author Information
Ellen Sinkman,LCSW, is a Training and Supervising Psychoanalyst, and a member of the International Psychoanalytic Association (IPA), Contemporary Freudian Society (CFS), and Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research (IPTAR). She is in the full-time private practice of psychoanalysis and psychotherapy in New York City and in Westchester.
