New Books in Psychoanalysis 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)
Jun 18, 2025
In this engaging discussion, Joseph S. Reynoso, a psychoanalytic clinical psychologist, and Jack Black, an expert on sport and media, delve into their book on the connections between sport and our subconscious. They reveal how athletic competition mirrors personal fears and societal challenges. The conversation explores complex themes like identity, emotional ties in football, and the darker sides of sports such as corruption. Listeners gain insights into how sporting experiences reflect deeper human desires, shaping both individual psyches and collective cultures.
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Sport Reveals Deep Psyche
- Sport reveals unconscious desires and fantasies about enjoyment and identity.
- People indifferent or opposed to sports still have complex feelings about sporting culture.
Psychoanalysis vs. Sports Psychology
- Psychoanalysis of sport critically examines contradictions and subject relations in sport.
- Sports psychology focuses on optimization and performance enhancement, not critical reflection.
Loss and Excess in Sport
- Sport fundamentally involves both loss and excess simultaneously.
- Repeated exposure to loss drives fan engagement and shapes sports experience.
