Porn is a complex symbol of our current world, and a shining example of the 'Shadow' of the Western culture. While many books essentially show its negative sides, the risks of addiction, the danger of damaging the relationship between sexes, and so on, this work focuses on porn as a phenomenon of our times, exploring its several colours, and trying to capture its inner logic and essence. Despite its pervasive ubiquity in the internet and in the lives of many, porn is apparently the ultimate taboo in the consulting room: in fact, very rarely does a patient mention something detailed about his or her use of porn. In parallel with its growing presence, the last forty years have witnessed a significant growth of publications about porn. The present work aims at deepening some aspects of internet porn from the perspective of Analytical Psychology, seeing it as symbol of the complexity of the human psyche, emerged in a specific moment of the history of consciousness.
Author(s): Giorgio Tricarico
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2018
Language: English
Pages: 129
COVER......Page 1
CONTENTS......Page 6
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 8
ABOUT THE AUTHOR......Page 9
INTRODUCTION......Page 10
CHAPTER ONE Porn and technology......Page 16
CHAPTER TWO Porn and phantoms......Page 22
CHAPTER THREE Porn and seduction......Page 28
CHAPTER FOUR Porn and the roses of Kenya......Page 34
CHAPTER FIVE Porn and no limit......Page 40
CHAPTER SIX Porn and shadow......Page 48
CHAPTER SEVEN Porn and as if......Page 60
CHAPTER EIGHT Porn and divinity......Page 68
CHAPTER NINE Porn and lost goddesses......Page 82
NOTES......Page 94
REFERENCES......Page 106
APPENDIX The quest for meaning after the end of meaning......Page 110
INDEX......Page 124
