The New Sexual Landscape and Contemporary Psychoanalysis
Book Details
- Publisher : Karnac Books
- Published : June 2020
- Cover : Paperback
- Pages : 216
- Category :
Psychoanalysis - Catalogue No : 95055
- ISBN 13 : 9781913494186
- ISBN 10 : 1913494187
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The sexual landscape has changed dramatically in the past few decades, with the meaning of gender and sexuality now being parsed within the realms of gender fluidity, nonheteronormative sexuality, BDSM, and polyamory. The sea change in sexual attitudes has also made room for the mainstreaming of internet pornography and the use of virtual reality for sexual pleasure - and the tech gurus have not even scratched the surface when it comes to mining the possibilities of alternative realities.
This book surveys modern sex culture and suggests ways psychoanalysis can update its theories and practice to meet the novel needs of today's generations, at the same time, paying special attention to technology, which is augmenting and expanding sexual and gender possibilities. The authors consider how sexuality and bonding in this brave new world are best suited to meet our psychoanalytic needs.
Nominated for Gradiva Award for best psychoanalytic book 2020 (United States).
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This new volume is a truly outstanding contribution to psychoanalytic thinking. It is a wake-up call to all practitioners… We clinicians must adjust to a sea change in how gender and sexuality are evolving and how these transformations are related to our digital era. […] I highly recommend [this book] to anyone who is interested in the future of psychotherapy in an era dominated by technology.
Glen O. Gabbard, MD, Clinical Professor Psychiatry, Baylor College of Medicine
This splendid book will deliver new ideas to clinicians and academics and is a gift to all of us who want to think about sexuality more deeply – and less anxiously. It is not only an updated erotic encyclopedia […] but it’s also a tender exploration of the psychic work that sexual play accomplishes. Readers should expect to be shocked, perhaps even thrilled, but also unexpectedly touched and moved.
Virginia Goldner, PhD Founding Editor, Studies in Gender and Sexuality, Faculty, NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis
Knafo and Lo Bosco, the co-authors of the award-winning The Age of Perversion, Desire and Technology in Psychoanalysis and Culture, have teamed up again for a compelling exploration of contemporary sexuality under a psychoanalytic informed frame. [...] Their new book revisits the impact of that link on modern sex culture while offering contemporary practitioners novel ways to explore sex and gender of today’s generation. [...] The elusive realm of sex, gender, and identity is eloquently presented and discussed, with special attention to a novel sexual lexicon that is gaining prominence in psychoanalytic narratives. [...] Sex has been neglected, if not cast out from the psychoanalytic field. Just as Knafo and Lo Bosco did in their previous book, the authors join those who try to place sex back at the center stage of psychoanalytic discourse.
Isaac Tylim, Psychoanalytic Psychology, American Psychological Association 2022, Vol. 39, No. 4, 342–343
Table of Contents
Introduction: on the back of the tiger
1. Gender bending
2. Novus sexualis
3. Pornucopia
4. Techno sex
Epilogue
References
Index
About the Author(s)
Danielle Knafo, PhD, is a clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst and a professor at Long Island University and New York University. Her recent book, The Age of Perversion: Desire and Technology in Psychoanalysis and Culture, (co-authored with Lo Bosco) won the 2018 American Board of Professional Psychology Book Award.
Rocco Lo Bosco is a teacher and author of fiction and nonfiction. Previous titles include Staying Sane in Crazy Town: A Monologue of Rude Wisdom, and a children's book, The Rainbow's Argument.
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