Marcel Duchamp: On the fruitful use of narcissism and destructiveness in contemporary art

International Journal of Psychoanalysis

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1039-1059

  Abella, Adela ^a  

^a NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Art; Destructiveness; Narcissism

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANOREXIA; ART; ARTICLE; CREATIVITY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EMOTIONALITY; FANTASY; HUMAN RELATION; LIBIDO; MORALITY; NARCISSISM; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; PSYCHOLOGIST; PSYCHOSEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AGGRESSION; ART; CULTURE; FANTASY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NARCISSISM; PSYCHOANALYTIC INTERPRETATION; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; WAR;

EID: 34548032175     PISSN: 00207578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1516/7R73-7181-4345-3286     Document Type: Article

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