The Mother's Hands: Desire, Fantasy and the Inheritance of the Maternal

ISBN-13: 9781509531684 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 200 str.

Massimo Recalcati

Recenzje

'This book from one of Italy's most popular public intellectuals turns our conventional understanding of motherly love on its head, encouraging a complete rethink of what motherhood means today. Written with Recalcati's typical flair and sagacity, it will be of interest to a very wide readership.'Dany Nobus, Brunel University, London'In this poetic and thought-provoking book, Massimo Recalcati explores the many images of the mother to be found in both psychoanalysis and popular culture, urging a questioning of the prejudices and clichés that are so often taken for granted. Without downplaying the complexity and ambivalences of the mother-child relation, he emphasises the positive, life-giving transmission of the mother, and shows us with clarity and elegance the many levels at which this operates.'Darian Leader, Psychoanalyst, Centre for Freudian Analysis and Research

O autorze

Massimo Recalcati is a psychoanalyst and author who teaches at the universities of Pavia and Verona.