Darian Leader Explained
Darian Leader (born 1965) is a British psychoanalyst and author.[2]
Biography
Leader was educated at St Paul's School in London, studied philosophy at Downing College, Cambridge and then he earned an M.A. in history of science in Paris (at Paris VIII), where he also trained as an analyst.[3] [4] He is a founding member of the Centre for Freudian Analysis and Research (CFAR).[5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]
Darian Leader was president of the College of Psychoanalysts,[14] a trustee of the Freud Museum, and honorary visiting professor in psychoanalysis at Roehampton University.[15] In 2015 he received the Mercier Chair at the University of Louvain for his work in psychoanalysis.
Works
- Lacan for Beginners, 1995, later editions with a changed title: Introducing Lacan (2000, 2005)
- Why Do Women Write More Letters Than they Post?, 1996
- Promises Lovers Make When It Gets Late, 1997[16]
- Freud's Footnotes, 2000[17]
- Stealing the Mona Lisa: What Art Stops Us from Seeing, 2002[18]
- Why Do People Get Ill? Exploring the Mind-Body-Connection (with David Corfield), 2007[19] [20] [21] [22]
- The New Black. Mourning, Melancholia and Depression, 2008[23] [24] [25] [26]
- What Is Madness?, 2011[27] [28] [29] [30]
- Strictly Bipolar, 2013[31]
- Hands: What We Do With Them – and Why, 2016[32]
- Why Can't We Sleep?, 2019[33]
- Jouissance: Sexuality, Suffering and Satisfaction. 2021
A list of journal articles can be found here.
Notes and References
- Web site: The Not-All. Leader. Darian. 11 January 1993.
- Susanna Rustin "Getting in Touch" The Guardian, 26 January 2008.
- Web site: Interview with Darian Leader.
- 'Cambridge University Tripos results' Times, 10 July 1986.
- News: Leader. D.. Talking therapy. The Guardian. 9 April 2009. London.
- Web site: Leader. D. Therapy shows us life is not neat or safe. So why judge it by those criteria?. University of Roehampton. 2010. 28 April 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130513215413/http://www.roehampton.ac.uk/Research-Centres/Research-Centre-for-Therapeutic-Education/Members/. 13 May 2013. dead.
- News: Leader. D.. A quick fix for the soul. The Guardian. 9 September 2008. London.
- News: Leader. D.. How psychiatry became a damage limitation exercise. The Guardian. London. 21 June 2011.
- News: Leader. D.. Anders Behring Breivik and the logic of madness. London. The Guardian. 29 July 2011.
- News: Leader. D.. Darian Leader interviewed about the marketing of depression.
- News: Leader . D. . What is Madness? . RSA . 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131001172918/http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/2011/what-is-madness . 1 October 2013.
- News: Leader. D.. Nail biting doesn't belong in psychiatry's list of OCD symptoms. The Guardian. London. 6 November 2012.
- News: Leader. D.. Bipolar memoirs: What have I done?. The Guardian. London. 26 April 2013.
- Web site: Psychoanalysis - the College of Psychoanalysts UK . 28 April 2013 . 2 November 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131102051819/http://psychoanalysis-cpuk.org/HTML/About.htm . dead .
- Web site: Research Centre for Therapeutic Education - Members. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20200717171409/https://www.roehampton.ac.uk/Research-Centres/Research-Centre-for-Therapeutic-Education/Members. 2020-07-17.
- News: Radin. Victoria. Wednesday's Book: Promises Lovers Make When It Gets Late by Darian Leader. The Independent, Wednesday, 19 November 1997. London. 19 November 1997.
- Web site: Faber . & Faber . Freud's Footnotes: Darian Leader . https://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20080916150504/http://www.faber.co.uk/work/freuds-footnotes/9780571195855/ . dead . 2008-09-16 . 7 February 2000 .
- News: Herman. David. Stealing the Mona Lisa: what art stops us from seeing by Darian Leader. https://web.archive.org/web/20110524073821/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/stealing-the-mona-lisa-what-art-stops-us-from-seeing-by-darian-leader-654665.html. dead. 24 May 2011. The Independent, Tuesday, 19 March 2002. London.
- News: Appignanesi. Lisa. Sick in the head. The Observer, Sunday 18 February 2007. London. 18 February 2007.
- News: Mantel. Hilary. All in the mind?. The Guardian, Saturday 24 February 2007. London. 24 February 2007.
- News: Hanif Kureishi. Christopher Tayler. Christopher Tayler & Hanif Kureishi review Why Do People Get Ill?. The Telegraph, 11 March 2007. London. 11 March 2007.
- News: Jeffries. Stuart. Talking cure. The Guardian, Friday 23 February 2007. London. 23 February 2007.
- News: Leith. William. The New Black: Mourning, Melancholia and Depression by Darian Leader. The Telegraph, 12:02AM GMT 5 March 2008. London. 5 March 2008.
- Web site: Kureishi. Hanif. The Sadness Epidemic. New Statesman, 21 February 2008.
- News: Appignanesi. Lisa. The New Black, By Darian Leader. The Independent, Friday, 25 January 2008. London. 25 January 2008.
- News: Mantel. Hilary. Anatomy of melancholy. The Guardian, Saturday 2 February 2008. London. 2 February 2008.
- News: Linklater. Alexander. What is Madness? by Darian Leader – review. The Observer, Sunday 9 October 2011. London. 9 October 2011.
- News: Rose. Jacqueline. What Is Madness? by Darian Leader – review. \The Guardian, Thursday 29 September 2011. London. 1 October 2011.
- News: Shakespeare. Nicholas. What Is Madness? by Darian Leader: review. The Telegraph, 24 October 2011. London. 24 October 2011.
- News: Kureishi. Hanif. What is Madness?, By Darian Leader – Review. The Independent, Friday, 7 October 2011. London. 7 October 2011.
- News: Linklater. Alexander. Strictly Bipolar by Darian Leader – review. \The Guardian, Monday 6 May 2013. London. 6 May 2013.
- News: Baggini. Julian. Hands: What We Do With Them – and Why by Darian Leader – review. \The Guardian, Monday 13 June 2016. London. 13 June 2016.
- News: Why Can't We Sleep? by Darian Leader review – in search of the land of nod. Grant. Colin. 2019-03-03. The Observer. 2020-02-06. en-GB. 0029-7712.