Perversion and pathology: a critique of psychoanalytic criticism in art

Perversion and pathology: a critique of psychoanalytic criticism in art

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For over 3 Piece Twin Bookcase Bed three decades, Jacques Lacan denounced ego psychology for its emphasis on a strong and well-adapted ego.This article recruits the principle of that critique to examine the use of psychoanalytic theories in contemporary art criticism, with specific focus on the subject of perversion, Freudo-Lacanian psychoanalysis, and the work of art critic Donald Kuspit.The discussion examines the Food Coloring main influences and concepts in Kuspit's psychoanalytic criticism, analyses specific differences between this psychoanalytic model and a Lacanian theory of perversion and desire, and considers the effect of these differences in the interpretation of art.