Josh Cohen (psychoanalyst)

Josh Cohen (born 1970) is a British psychoanalyst, academic and author.[1] 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.[2] He was elected to Membership of the British Psychoanalytical Society in 2009, and to Fellowship in 2014.[3]

His essays have appeared in Granta,[4] Aeon (magazine),[5] The Yale Review[6] and 1843 (magazine).[7] He has written articles and reviews for The Guardian,[8] The Times Literary Supplement,[9] New Statesman[10] and Prospect (magazine).[11] He has published eight books and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.[12]

  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.