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Compelling and important . . . An engrossing and wise book (Hanif Kureishi )
Rigorous and engaging . . . a rich, cogently argued and very timely book (Irish Times Weekend Review )
His orthodox, psychoanalytical approach, produces an unpredictable, occasionally brilliant book. The New Black is a mixture of Freudian text, clinical assessments and Leader's own brand of gentle wisdom (Herald )
Rigorous and engaging . . . a rich, cogently argued and very timely book (Irish Times Weekend Review )
His orthodox, psychoanalytical approach, produces an unpredictable, occasionally brilliant book. The New Black is a mixture of Freudian text, clinical assessments and Leader's own brand of gentle wisdom (Herald )
Hanif Kureishi, New Statesman
"Compelling and important...An engrossing and wise book, The New Black is not only an illuminating read. It convinces us that this level of intelligence and ideas is essential today, otherwise the general public is left with only the feeblest guides to life, self-help books, "cheer-up" manuals and the fatuous notion that our conflicts are caused by something we can only describe as brain chemistry"
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50 of 56 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is a comprehensive, poetic and beautifully written account of how loss affects us and and what the job of mourning entails. Drawing on clinical findings, popular culture and the literature of grief, Leader's investigation into this subject is always sensitive and intelligent and often startling. His insights and wisdom both delight and console.
On a personal level I have been thinking about my own losses for the best part of my life, yet Leader's book made me see important parallels and distinctions that would never otherwise have occurred to me.
This book not only revives important and neglected dialogues, reinforcing and reinterpreting Freud's famous treatise on this subject, it actually makes you feel better! The New Black is a book that needed to be written, for in the prevalent culture, I believe, we feel even more uncertain about how to position ourselves in relation to our losses than ever before. This is a distinguished work, and a lovely one, which people will be reading for many many years to come.
On a personal level I have been thinking about my own losses for the best part of my life, yet Leader's book made me see important parallels and distinctions that would never otherwise have occurred to me.
This book not only revives important and neglected dialogues, reinforcing and reinterpreting Freud's famous treatise on this subject, it actually makes you feel better! The New Black is a book that needed to be written, for in the prevalent culture, I believe, we feel even more uncertain about how to position ourselves in relation to our losses than ever before. This is a distinguished work, and a lovely one, which people will be reading for many many years to come.
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Darian Leader has produced a book on depression that complicates and refreshes ideas on depression and mourning by reinvigorating older psychoanalytic theories and thinking on depression and introduces the reader to continental psychoanalytic thought that explores some of complexities apparent in the subjective experience of depression. The rhetoric against the current politics of NHS psychotherapies and the critique of CBT for depression is less convincing, primarily because his understanding of CBT is simplistic, which is why i did not give this book 5 out of 5. This does not take away from the value of this book which deserves to be read and perhaps will serve to shake down clinicians, theorists and therapists of any persuasion or affilation of the predominating influence of anglo-american 'positivist-empiricism'and its hold on the current 'language'and understanding of depression. A compassionate, thought-provoking book.
28 of 32 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I've never typed a review on Amazon before but I have to give my support to this book. It is so important. Death and loss are around us every day and yet their existence is denied. In this book Darian Leader writes clearly, intelligently, concisely and thoughtfully about loss and about the process of grieving. This book explained so many things to me that I could never have worked out for myself. It may not be designed as a self help book but it is a book which does help. If people listend to Darian Leader we would have very much less depression and unhappiness in our society. Yes, you should definitely read this book. I'm about to read it for a second time because there is so much in it that I couldn't take it all in the first time around.
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a book on mourning
I was very interested in reading this. The author repeatedly expresses his view on mental illness that I share. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Martina Seidel
memory
Leader's literary and metaphoric approach towards our dealings with death and melancholia challenge us to re-live and re-interpret our own emotional and personal histories and... Read more
Published 21 months ago by Brecht
One to come back to
This is a book that makes more and more sense to me as I get older and experience loss both for myself and that of others. Read more
Published on 6 Jan 2010 by JohnnyP
The best book ever!
Mourning, melancholia and depression are words which are thrown around in society every day but very few people actually know the diferences between them. Read more
Published on 9 Aug 2009 by Yette
NHS psychotherapist
I greatly enjoyed this book. What is most outstanding us how Darian Leader brings very complex ideas alive through examples from his clinic. Read more
Published on 2 May 2009 by Porlock
nothing new here
This book re-hashes some very old ideas about depression, many of which are not supported by empirical evidence. Read more
Published on 2 Oct 2008 by an NHS professional
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