{"product_id":"analysing-the-cultural-unconscious-1","title":"Analysing the Cultural Unconscious","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat are we doing when taking   psychoanalysis from the couch to the analysis of society, culture, and arts?\u003c\/b\u003e   How is it possible to do so? How is it possible to move from singular   experiences to universal structures detected in culture and   society? Could psychoanalysis applied to art works become more sensitive to   their aesthetics form?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePsychoanalysis is often disclaimed   as non-scientific, since its main object – the unconscious – has no positive   existence. This book, however, proposes psychoanalysis to be a “science of   the signifier”. It takes as its object the signifier – the signifying part of   the sign – insisting that it always says more (or less) than intended,   because its very materiality carries unintended messages. By defining the   object of psychoanalysis as the signifier, this volume argues that we can   speak of psychoanalysis as a science, even if it is closer to semiotics than   biology. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnalysing the   Cultural Unconscious\u003c\/i\u003e builds on this idea by arguing that the analysis of the signifier is   the way to understand not only the individual unconscious, but also the   cultural one. Replacing a person’s monologue on the couch with ideology   criticism or a piece of art, applied psychoanalysis allows us to analyse   culture and the arts in a new way, uncovering the cultural unconscious.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Product","offer_id":57261001212248,"sku":"9781350262287","price":41.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781350262287.jpg?v=1778392898","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/analysing-the-cultural-unconscious-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}