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British psychoanalyst and literature professor

Josh Cohen (born 1970) is a British psychoanalyst, academic and author. Between 1996 and 2024, he taught in the English department at Goldsmiths, University of London, where he was appointed Professor of Modern Literary Theory in 2010. He was elected to Membership of the British Psychoanalytical Society in 2009, and to Fellowship in 2014.

His essays have appeared in Granta, Aeon (magazine), The Yale Review and 1843 (magazine). He has written articles and reviews for The Guardian, The Times Literary Supplement, New Statesman and Prospect (magazine). He has published eight books and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.

Critical reception

Reviews of Cohen’s books have been generally positive. His 2013 book The Private Life was praised for its writing and ideas by The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph and The Observer, while The Independent was more critical, considering it at times ‘dry and protracted’. Not Working (2019) received enthusiastic reviews from The Guardian, The New Statesman, Literary Review and The Financial Times, and a more mixed review from The Observer. How to Live. What to Do (2021) was very positively reviewed by the TLS and Kirkus Reviews, while Publishers Weekly felt its discussion of literature was weakened by its favouring ‘overwhelmingly white, western authors’.

Works

Spectacular Allegories: Postmodern American Writing and the Politics of Seeing (Pluto Press,1998, 9780745312071)

Interrupting Auschwitz: Art, Religion, Philosophy, published by (Continuum, 2003, 9780826455512)

How to Read Freud, (Granta, 2005, 9781862077638)

The Private Life: Why We Remain in the Dark. (Granta, 2013, 9781847085290); American edition, The Private Life: Our Everyday Self in an Age of Intrusion (Counterpoint, 2014, 978161902497)

Lament (with Bettina von Zwehl, accompanying text to artbook produced by von Zwehl for her Freud Museum exhibition) (Art/ Books, 2017, 9781908970275)

Not Working: Why We Have to Stop  (Granta, 2019, 9781783782062)

How to Live. What to Do: In Search of Ourselves in Life an Literature (Ebury, 2021, 9781785039805)

Losers (Peninsula, 2021, 9781999922344)

All the Rage: Why Anger Drives the World (Granta, 2024, 9781783789450)

References

  1. Robson, Leo (2021-02-22). ""Can you imagine if you presented Freud to Jane Austen?": Josh Cohen on literature and psychoanalysis". New Statesman. Retrieved 2024-07-24.
  2. "Professor Josh Cohen". Goldsmiths, University of London. Retrieved 2024-07-24.
  3. "British Psychoanalytic Council". British Psychoanalytic Council. Retrieved 2024-07-24.
  4. "Lazy Boy". Granta. 2019-02-14. Retrieved 2024-07-24.
  5. "Anger is a state of agitated enervation that moves the world | Aeon Essays". Aeon. Retrieved 2024-07-24.
  6. "Josh Cohen: "The Mother's Rage"". The Yale Review. Retrieved 2024-07-24.
  7. "Is there more to burnout than working too hard?". The Economist. ISSN 0013-0613. Retrieved 2024-07-24.
  8. Cohen, Josh (2014-01-16). "François Hollande's privacy plea and our relentless spirit of self-display". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-07-24.
  9. "Freud's Beyond the Pleasure Principle at 100 | Essay by Josh Cohen". TLS. Retrieved 2024-07-24.
  10. Cohen, Josh (2014-04-08). "Private parts: writers and the battle for our inner lives". New Statesman. Retrieved 2024-07-24.
  11. Cohen, Josh. "In the era of meritocracy, why are we so drawn to losers?". dlv.prospect.gcpp.io. Retrieved 2024-07-24.
  12. Creamer, Ella (2023-07-12). "Royal Society of Literature aims to broaden representation as it announces 62 new fellows". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
  13. Derbyshire, Jonathan (2013-11-21). "The Private Life: Why We Remain in the Dark by Josh Cohen – review". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
  14. "The Private Life, by Josh Cohen, review". The Telegraph. 2013-11-18. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
  15. Appignanesi, Lisa (2013-11-02). "The Private Life: Why We Remain in the Dark by Josh Cohen – review". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
  16. Sanai, Layla (15 November 2013). "Book review: The Private Life: Why We Remain in the Dark, By Josh Cohen". Independent.
  17. Taylor, Barbara (2019-01-12). "Not Working by Josh Cohen - the benefits of idleness". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
  18. Moore, Suzanne (2019-01-30). "I don't want to work. What happens if we don't?". New Statesman. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
  19. "Oliver Eagleton - The Flâneur's Manifesto". Literary Review. 2024-08-22. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
  20. "Subscribe to read". www.ft.com. Retrieved 2024-08-22. {{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)
  21. Cooke, Rachel (2019-01-08). "Not Working: Why We Have to Stop by Josh Cohen – review". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
  22. "How to Live. What to Do. by Josh Cohen review: How might the lives of famous fictional characters help us to live ours?". TLS. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
  23. HOW TO LIVE. WHAT TO DO | Kirkus Reviews.
  24. "How to Live. What to Do: In Search of Ourselves in Life and Literature by Josh Cohen". www.publishersweekly.com. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
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