Description
DESIRE UPON DESIRE
Book Summary
A profound and lucid analysis of the nature of desire, understood as a complex and multifaceted psychic flow. Fernando Colina examines the six forces that govern it: censorship, force, reality, imagination, enjoyment, and friendship, unveiling the compromises and tensions that shape our personal balance. A work that weaves together philosophy, psychology, and literary reflection to offer a renewed understanding of one of the essential engines of the human condition.
What is it about?
The book proposes a journey through the different instances that regulate and shape desire, from social prohibitions to the most intimate impulses. Colina breaks down desire into six "masters" or dimensions: censorship, which monitors it; force, which drives it; reality, which assesses it; fantasy, which invokes it; pleasure, which regulates it; and friendship, which modulates it through the response of others. Based on this framework, the author explores how the difficult agreement between these forces can adjust or disturb personal balance, and analyzes notions such as impulse, affect, passion, will, libido, and drive, showing how both the force and the meaning of desire participate in all of them.
Main themes
- The nature of desire as a psychic flow and its multiple regulations.
- The relationship between prohibition, censorship, and energetic impulses.
- The role of reality, fantasy, and pleasure in the configuration of desire.
- The influence of the other's response (friendship, bond) on the modulation of desire.
- Analysis of concepts such as libido, drive, will, and affect from an integrative perspective.
- Personal balance as a result of compromises between antagonistic forces.
Who is it recommended for?
This book is aimed at readers interested in philosophy, depth psychology, and the literary essay. It is especially recommended for those seeking a rigorous and non-simplistic reflection on the human experience of desire, as well as for professionals and students in the fields of mental health, psychology, or philosophy who wish to explore the tensions underlying affective and relational life.
What this book offers
- A structured and nuanced understanding of the forces that govern desire, far from reductionisms.
- Conceptual tools to analyze personal balance and internal conflicts.
- An interdisciplinary perspective that connects philosophy, psychology, and everyday experience.
- Keys to understanding how censorship, reality, fantasy, and the bond with others shape our drive-based life.
- A reading that invites introspection and the questioning of one's own beliefs about desire and will.
Technical specifications
- Author: Colina, Fernando
- Publisher: Enclave de Libros
- Language: Spanish
- Topic: Literary essays, Philosophy, Mental health care, Dating, Relationships, Cohabitation and marriage
- Collection: Líneas de Fuga
- Publication date: September 2022
- Number of pages: 256
- Weight: 150 g
Editorial review
An essay work that stands out for its ability to articulate complex concepts in an accessible but not superficial way. Fernando Colina manages to build bridges between philosophical tradition and clinical psychology, offering the reader a conceptual map to navigate the contradictions of desire. His approach, which does not evade the tension between the different forces that constitute us, is especially valuable for those seeking an adult and uncompromising reflection on the human condition. A book that invites leisurely reading and inner dialogue.