Josh Cohen (psychoanalyst)
British psychoanalyst and literature professor
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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’.