Books by Giuseppe Civitarese

Building on their long-lasting scientific partnership, Civitarese and Ferro offer an array of thought-provoking writings bolstered by extensive clinical material, attesting to their shared interpretation of psychoanalysis not only as a treatment for psychic suffering but also as inherently pleasurable and vitalizing.

Losing Your Head looks at the subject of beheading in art as a trope of the destruction of the mind. It focuses on new psychoanalytic tools that aid in understanding how a mind is born and grows, as well as what art can teach psychoanalysts about their work.

Offers an exploration of psychoanalytic thought, showing how contemporary psychoanalysis seeks to answer the challenges raised by the post-modern culture. This book covers topics such as: the concept of the internal setting; the rhetoric of interpretation; the 'subversive' notion of Nachtraglichkeit; and, the bi-personal field as Virtual Reality.