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‘Insanely readable! I loved it’ Slavoj ŽižekA delightfully thought-provoking study of why we have sex, from award-winning psychoanalyst Darian Leader‘It was just sex…’It’s a familiar claim. But it’s also an impossibility, as Darian Leader shows in this delightfully...
Although the term 'jouissance' is common currency in psychoanalysis today, how much does it really tell us? While often taken to designate a fusion of sexuality, suffering and satisfaction, the term has fallen into a purely descriptive use that closes down more...
From the brilliant psychoanalyst behind Strictly Bipolar and What is Madness, a short and fascinating guide to the history of human sleep - and why we can't seem to sleep any moreOne in four adults sleeps badly.Sleeping pill prescriptions have increased dramatically...
A fresh, thought-provoking and wide-ranging study of how mankind uses its handsWhy do zombies walk with their arms outstretched? How can newborn babies grip an adult finger tightly enough to dangle unsupported from it? And why is everyone constantly texting, tapping and...
Strictly Bipolar is Darian Leader's treatise on the psychological disorder of our times. If the post-war period was called the 'Age of Anxiety' and the 1980s and '90s the 'Antidepressant Era', we now live in Bipolar times. Mood-stabilising medication is routinely...
What is Madness? is Darian Leader's probing study of madness, sanity, and everything in betweenWhat separates the sane from the mad? How hard or easy is it to tell them apart? And what if the difference is really between being mad and going mad?In this landmark work...
'Well-argued, thought-provoking . . . will make you think twice before reaching for the painkillers' Daily MailHave you ever wondered why we get ill? Can our thoughts and feelings worsen or even cause conditions like heart disease, cancer or asthma? And what - if...
The New Black is Darian Leader's compassionate and illuminating exploration of melancholyWhat happens when we lose someone we love? A death, a separation or the break-up of a relationship are some of the hardest times we have to live through. We may fall into a...
Si la vie sexuelle de la plupart des gens commence par des fantasmes, comment nous préparer à la collision ultérieure des corps ? Pourquoi la satisfaction n’est-elle si souvent pas proportionnelle à l’excitation ? Que signifie être pénétré, et pourquoi ne nous...
Emblème de notre capacité d'agir, nos mains sont aussi une part de nous-mêmes qui nous échappe.De l'Antiquité au XVIIIe siècle jusqu'aux bouleversements de la révolution numérique, Darian Leader explore ce que nous faisons d'elles, à travers une multitude d'exemples...
Un adulte sur trois se plaint de troubles du sommeil et la consommation de traitements pharmaceutiques a explosé ces trente dernières années. Dormir est devenu un problème de société.C’est l’occasion, pour le psychanalyste Darian Leader, de réfléchir à la place...
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