{"product_id":"creativity-and-psychotic-states-in-murray-jackson-9780415703864","title":"Creativity and Psychotic States in Exceptional People: The work of Murray Jackson","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCreativity and Psychotic States in Exceptional People\u003c\/em\u003e tells the story of the lives of four exceptionally gifted individuals: 　 Vincent van Gogh, Vaslav Nijinsky, José Saramago and John Nash.　 Previously unpublished chapters by Murray Jackson are set in a contextual framework by Jeanne Magagna, revealing the wellspring of creativity in the subjects' emotional experiences and delving into the nature of psychotic states which influence and impede the creative process.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJackson and Magagna aim to illustrate how psychoanalytic　thinking can be relevant　to people suffering from psychotic states of mind and provide understanding of the personalities of four exceptionally talented creative individuals. Present in the text are themes of loving and losing, mourning and manic states, creating as a process of repairing a sense of internal damage and the use of creativity to understand or run away from oneself. The book concludes with a glossary of useful psychoanalytic concepts.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCreativity and Psychotic States in Exceptional People\u003c\/em\u003e will be fascinating reading for psychiatrists, psychotherapists and psychoanalysts, other psychoanalytically informed professionals, students and anyone interested in the relationship between creativity and psychosis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Murray Jackson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415703867\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415703864\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/18\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 154\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.60d","brand":"Murray Jackson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46216955232511,"sku":"9780415703864","price":68.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a8966008-7806-4b8e-82ca-83b44c53252c.jpg?v=1728513854","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/creativity-and-psychotic-states-in-murray-jackson-9780415703864","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}