लेखक: Darian Leader

Why do men tend to keep love letters in files along with their other correspondence, whereas women keep them with their clothes? And if a letter is written but not posted, at whom is it really …

Jacques Lacan is now regarded as a major psychoanalytical theorist alongside Freud and Jung, although recognition has been delayed by fierce arguments over his ideas. Written by a leading Lacanian …

The New Black is Darian Leader’s compassionate and illuminating exploration of melancholy What happens when we lose someone we love? A death, a separation or the break-up of a relationship are some …

‘Well-argued, thought-provoking . . . will make you think twice before reaching for the painkillers’ Daily Mail Have you ever wondered why we get ill? Can our thoughts and feelings worsen or even …

What is Madness? is Darian Leader’s probing study of madness, sanity, and everything in between What separates the sane from the mad? How hard or easy is it to tell them apart? And what if the …

Strictly Bipolar is Darian Leader’s treatise on the psychological disorder of our times. If the post-war period was called the ‘Age of Anxiety’ and the 1980s and ’90s the ‘Antidepressant Era’, we now …

A fresh, thought-provoking and wide-ranging study of how mankind uses its hands Why do zombies walk with their arms outstretched? How can newborn babies grip an adult finger tightly enough to dangle …

From the brilliant psychoanalyst behind Strictly Bipolar and What is Madness, a short and fascinating guide to the history of human sleep – and why we can’t seem to sleep any more One in four adults …

Although the term ‘jouissance’ is common currency in psychoanalysis today, how much does it really tell us? While often taken to designate a fusion of sexuality, suffering and satisfaction, the term …

Although the term ‘jouissance’ is common currency in psychoanalysis today, how much does it really tell us? While often taken to designate a fusion of sexuality, suffering and satisfaction, the term …

Insanely readable! I loved it Slavoj i ek A delightfully thought-provoking study of why we have sex, from award-winning psychoanalyst Darian Leader’It was just sex.’It’s a familiar claim. But is it …