Psychoanalysis of The Thousand and One Nights
Publisher
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Payot & Rivages
Parution date
:
2002
EAN
:
9782228895460
Description
The question of the origin of the book The Thousand and One Nights has preoccupied scholars worldwide. They have been mostly concerned however, with its composition, language and literary form. Malek Chebel undertakes the exploration of a subconscious to the book which is meticulously hidden throughout the original text. This illuminating work deciphers The Thousand and One Nights through its numerous themes rather than by chapter. Chebel carefully uncovers the book’s “repressed” messages of desire, ruse, sexual transgression, youth and paradisiacal delights. He also shows where this classic text might have, for its time, provided some groundbreaking insights into female psyche, as well as on the nature of sexuality.
Author
Malek Chebel : An anthropologist and psychoanalyst, Malek Chebel is praised around the world for his works on the Arab world and Islam. He is the author of numerous books, including L’Esprit de serial: mythes et pratiques sexuels aux Maghreb (Payot, 1995), Le livre des seductions (Payot, 2002)and L'imaginaire arabo-musulman (P.U.F, second edition, 2002), all available through the French Publishers' Agency.
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