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Stories from the Bog: On Madness, Philosophy, and Psychoanalysis: 14
Author(s): Patrick B. Kavanaugh (Author)
- Publisher: Editions Rodopi B.V.
- Publication Date: 1 Jan. 2012
- Language: English
- Print length: 236 pages
- ISBN-10: 9042034874
- ISBN-13: 9789042034877
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Editorial Reviews
Review
“… by all means pick up this book and consider recommending it to colleagues. I did.” – in: PsycCRITIQUES, Vol. 57, Release 46, Article 7(November 21, 2012)
“Patrick Kavanaugh shares with us his rich and original vision of psychoanalysis as gift, a science of subjectivity, and an art form, providing us with a profound philosophical and mystical foundation, guiding us to an understanding of mental and emotional states found in what Kavanaugh understands as the truth of the “bog” … The bog is Kavanaugh’s metaphor – and reality – describing states of being that wander between, and deep into, madness and sanity… his mesmerizing, compelling, engaging spinning of tales rich in a depth understanding of unconscious process and the interaction between analyst and analysand … Read and be inspired.” – in: Other/Wise, Vol. 9 (Winter 2012)
“With a wry humour and piercing intellect, Dr. Kavanaugh’s Stories from the Bog…, evokes the Celtic legacy of story-telling in psychoanalysis.” – David L. Downing
“A scintillating book that dances on edges of the human mind. At once, challenging, reflective and enriched by details of therapeutic work.” – Michael Eigen, author of Contact with the Depths
“Dr. Kavanaugh captures the essence of the psychoanalytic enterprise … this book is a work of psychoanalytic art by one of its most creative practitioners.”
About the Author
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