Review of Animal joy: A book of laughter and resuscitation.

Psychoanalytic Psychology, Vol 40(3), Jul 2023, 224-226; doi:10.1037/pap0000462Reviews the book, Animal Joy: A Book of Laughter and Resuscitation by Nuar Alsadir (2022). The growing interest in psychoanalytic thought in particular and, more generally, in questioning the norms of mental health is an intriguing development in the current cultural moment. Animal Joy addresses the issues in a way that engages a great deal of human experience, particularly of the arts, and as such is a worthwhile contribution to discussions of these issues. At the same time, the truly radical nature of the issues she is addressing, and how the spontaneity and resistance to protocols and knowledge she endorses can play out in our lives warrant a deeper dive: How knowledge, enjoyment, spontaneity, cultural normativity, and the facts of what is really going on in the world come together is still a very large question. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)
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