{"product_id":"melodies-of-the-mind","title":"Melodies of the Mind","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat can psychoanalysis learn from music? What can music learn from psychoanalysis? Can the analysis of music itself provide a primary source of psychological data?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on Freud's concept of the oral road to the unconscious, \u003ci\u003eMelodies of the Mind \u003c\/i\u003einvites the reader to take a journey on an aural and oral road that explores both music and emotion, and their links to the unconscious. In this book, \u003cb\u003eJulie Jaffee Nagel\u003c\/b\u003e discusses how musical and psychoanalytic concepts inform each other, showing the ways that music itself provides an exceptional non-verbal pathway to emotion – a source of 'quasi' psychoanalytical clinical data. The interdisciplinary synthesis of music and psychoanalytic knowledge provides a schema for understanding the complexity of an individual's inner world as that world interacts with social 'reality'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere are three main areas explored:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Aural Road\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMoods and Melodies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Aural\/Oral Road Less Travelled\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMelodies of the Mind\u003c\/em\u003e is an exploration of the power of music to move us when words fall short. It suggests the value of using music and ideas of the mind to better understand and address psychological, social, and educational issues that are relevant in everyday life. It will be of interest to psychoanalysts, psychologists, music therapists, musicians, music teachers, music students, social workers, educators, professionals in the humanities and social services as well as music lovers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJulie Jaffee Nagel\u003c\/strong\u003e is a graduate of The Juilliard School, The University of Michigan, and The Michigan Psychoanalytic Institute. She is on the faculty of the Michigan Psychoanalytic Institute and is in private practice in Ann Arbor, Michigan.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54983878607192,"sku":"9780415692793","price":46.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780415692793_7c09b7f1-6cb9-4ff0-a029-40b3f15b7c7f.jpg?v=1777957259","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/melodies-of-the-mind","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}