{"product_id":"psychic-suffering-by-gemma-corradi-fiumara-9781782202691","title":"Psychic Suffering","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book creates an awareness of our 'excessive' fear of mental pain: the ubiquitous abhorrence of inner distress functions as a gravitational force that may ultimately impede both maturation and creativity, as if we were facing a choice between utilising our inner suffering, or else being overwhelmed by our fear of its inertial power.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePsychoanalytic interpretation is the effort to render pain more approachable, and bearable enough for us to move forward, to avoid the escapes of pathology and somatisation. This exploration is in fact an urgent concern, both clinically and socially.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAt the centre of psychoanalytic culture, and of the humanities in general, the question of inner pain propels us to refocus research on the psychic transition towards agency, as contrasted to acquiescing in an outlook of passivity and recourse to innumerable anaesthetics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWe believe that in psychoanalysis we can gain a microscopic view of inner phenomena and also a back-stage perspective of our vicissitudes. Yet, the paradox we must endure is that a strong need to believe, and a complementary need to question ourselves radically, may be our best hope for the pursuit of research on \u003cem\u003epsychic suffering\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47607465738476,"sku":"9781782202691","price":77.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781782202691-psychic-suffering.jpg?v=1778165951","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/psychic-suffering-by-gemma-corradi-fiumara-9781782202691","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}