The Paradox of Suicide and Creativity

The Paradox of Suicide and Creativity

Forfatter: M.F. Alvarez, George Atwood, Professor of Psychology, Rutgers University
Forlag: Bloomsbury Publishing
Utgave: 1
Utgivelsesår: 2020
ISBN: 9781498523820

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If creativity is the highest expression of the life impulse, why do creative individuals who have made lasting contributions to the arts and sciences so often end their lives? M.F. Alvarez addresses this central paradox by exploring the inner lives and works of eleven creative visionaries who succumbed to suicide. Through a series of case studies, Alvarez shows that creativity and suicide are both attempts to authenticate and resolve personal catastrophes that have called into question the most basic conditions of human existence.

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