Little Madnesses

ISBN: 9781780761619 出版年：2013 页码：258 Bloomsbury Publishing

Little madnesses' are ofelt enthusiasms, investments and attachments in the sphere of culture. The term was coined by the child psychoanalyst Donald Winnicott, whose work on transitional phenomehis naming of the transitional object, and extended into preliminary explorations of the cruciby cultural experience in a life that feels satisfying. In our socially and culturally sanctioned little madnesses, everyone cfrom the burden of having to maintain a clear boundary between inner and outer worlds, fantasy and reality, because it is in the space between thfind the enthusiasms and passioour creative imaginations. Thintriguing pathways towards understanding how we can engage effectively with the world at a public, social level without setting aside our inner lives, our emotions and ofelt attachments.In Little Madnesses, writers, artists, scholars and experts in a range of fields and disciplines explore the idea of transitional phenomena and consider its potential to extend and deepen our understanding of cultural experience in mental and social life, focusing on the importance of space, place and boundaries in cultural experience; on how we can negotiate media use and cultural identity; and on the aesthetic and creative aspects of cultural experience. Topics covered inclucomputer use, installation art, trips to the cinema, museums and galleries, the agony and ecstasy of making art and the significance of life stage in cultural experience.