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Jack Black and Joseph S Reynoso eds., "Sport and Psychoanalysis: Sport and Psychoanalysis: What Sport Reveals about Our Unconscious Desires, Fantasies, and Fears" (Lexington Books, 2024)

New Books in Psychoanalysis

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Psychoanalysis Meets Sports

This chapter explores the integration of various psychoanalytic perspectives, including Lacanian, Kleinian, and Winnicottian approaches, in the context of sports. The speakers discuss themes like the nature of play, performance-enhancing drugs, and racial melancholia in NFL coaching, while inviting contributions to future projects that bridge psychoanalysis and athletics.

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