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Preface by Luciana La Stella
Where does the impulse come from that drives us to destroy what binds us, what loves us, what constitutes us?
In this clear and dizzying book, the author leads the reader into the dark folds of the psyche and knowledge, in search of the invisible root of destructiveness—not as a pathological accident, but as a tragic and original aspect of humanity.
With a clear, dense, and poetic style that combines thought and narrative, theory and image, At the Origins of Destructiveness moves between philosophy and psychoanalysis, traversing Greek myth, the clinic of the unconscious, the metaphysics of power, and the wounds of contemporary times.
Freud, Lacan, Spinoza, Bergson, Severino, and others become dialoguing voices of a tragic and current chorus, called to question violence, desire, guilt, and anguish. Each chapter is a threshold. Each word is a passage. The author writes as one who seeks, as one who listens, as one who has touched something real and recounts its texture. With rigor and lightness, he invites the reader on a journey that is both analysis and vision, meditation and immersion.
A work for those who do not fear radical questions, for those who believe that psychoanalysis is not only a cure but also a perspective on the world. For those who want to understand the wounds of humanity in the age of technology, disenchantment, and chaos. A book that does not console but awakens. Does not explain but questions. Does not close but opens.
number of pages: 480
Author: Giuseppe Salzillo
Giuseppe Salzillo, psicoterapeuta e psicoanalista, è membro della Scuola Lacaniana di Psicoanalisi, dell’Associazione Mondiale di Psicoanalisi e docente presso due scuole di specializzazione in psicoterapia a orientamento lacaniano. È autore del libro Elementi di clinica lacaniana: per la costruzione del caso clinico e la direzione della cura (Mimesis, 2024) e di numerosi articoli pubblicati su riviste del campo freudiano. Vive e lavora a Milano, dove si dedica alla clinica e alla ricerca nel campo della psicoanalisi.