This short book by Professor Brett Kahr provides a psychoanalytic
understanding of fame and celebrity in the early twenty-first
century, building upon the bedrock foundations of the Freudian
corpus. The book is divided into six chapters. Chapter One explores
the psychology of the celebrity, questioning narcissistic and
exhibitionist psychopathology, while Chapter Two examines the
psychological state of those of who revel in the fame of others and
in celebrity culture more broadly, and offers a discussion of the
"Celebrity Worship Syndrome". Chapter Three provides a very brief
history of the concept of celebrity itself, arguing that, contrary
to popular opinion, the culture of celebrification cannot be blamed
on twenty-first-century media moguls, but, rather, that such a
preoccupation with famous personalities can be traced back to
ancient times and demonstrates the need to broaden our analysis to
include the role of deep, unconscious psychological forces. In
Chapter Four, Kahr reviews some important theoretical concepts
advanced by Freud and Winnicott, which provide an important
foundation for the psychoanalytic study of fame, while Chapter Five
provides a more comprehensive theory of the unconscious
psychological roots of the need to worship fame and to seek it,
drawing upon a multitude of sources, ranging from psychoanalytic
theory and developmental psychological research, to film,
archaeology, and, perhaps surprisingly, the history of infanticide.
The book concludes, in Chapter Six, by studying the psychodynamics
of celebrity and fame, arguing that being recognised by one's
family and friends in the intimate context of home life may well be
the very best way to become a celebrity. Celebrity Mad outlines a
psychoanalytic theory of the roots of our obsession with fame. It
will be of great interest to psychoanalytic practitioners and
researchers, as well as to readers interested in the psychology of
fame.
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