Psychoanalysis and politics : exclusion and the politics of representation /
Psychoanalysis and politics : exclusion and the politics of representation /
edited by Lene Auestad.
- London : Karnac Books, 2012.
- 1 online resource (xxii, 255 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
COVER; CONTENTS; ABOUT THE EDITOR AND CONTRIBUTORS; INTRODUCTION; PART I THEORETICAL REFLECTIONS; Editor's introduction to chapter one; CHAPTER ONE The dread of sameness: social hatred and Freud's "narcissism of minor differences"; Editor's introduction to chapter two; CHAPTER TWO Subjectivity and absence: prejudice as a psycho-social theme; Editor's introduction to chapter three; CHAPTER THREE Metapsychological approaches to exclusion; Editor's introduction to chapter four; CHAPTER FOUR The excluded in identification; PART II QUESTIONING CASES OF EXCLUSION. CHAPTER NINET races of trauma in post-conflict Guatemala: theoretical reflections on the effects of trauma on social organisationPART III THE EXCLUSION OF PSYCHOANALYSIS: LIMITS AND EXTENSIONS; Editor's introduction to chapter ten; CHAPTER TEN Psychoanalysis behind iron curtains; Editor's introduction to chapter eleven; CHAPTER ELEVEN The extensions of psychoanalysis: colonialism, post-colonialism, and hospitality; INDEX.
Thinking psychoanalytically about the nature of social exclusion involves a self-questioning on the part of the interpreter. While we may all have some experiences of having been subject to stereotyping, silencing, discrimination and exclusion, it is also the case that, as social beings, we all, to some extent, participate in upholding these practices, often unconsciously. The book poses the question of how psychoanalysis can be used to think about the invisible and subtle processes of power over symbolic representation, in the context of stereotyping and dehumanization: What forces govern the state of affairs that determine who is an 'I' and who is an 'it' in the public sphere?Thinking in terms of "containment", a communication which is denied a social space for expression can be said to be actively stripped of meaning. Through its original contribution of attending to, and interpreting material that so far had seemed meaningless, psychoanalysis demonstrates a capacity to reinstall meaning where none was before--but how are such acts performed on a social level?When common responsibility is displaced onto a suitable class or group and its representatives, the end point is reached when the individual is objectified and the social aspects of the process are no longer recognized. His or her position becomes an illegitimate one from which to speak--the person's subjectivity is excluded. The book poses the question of how we can conceive of the 'how' and the 'why' of this phenomenon and of possible counter-actions.
9781782410256 (electronic bk.) 1782410252 (electronic bk.) 1780490070 (pbk.) 9781780490076 (pbk.)
2012533018
101596497 DNLM 016214367 Uk
Political psychology.
Political ethics.
Politics, Practical.
Psychoanalysis--methods
Politics
Psychology, Social--ethics
Psychologie politique.
Morale politique.
Politique.
politics.
PSYCHOLOGY--Movements--Psychoanalysis.
Political ethics.
Political psychology.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
JA74.5 / .P79 2012eb
150.19/5
2012 I-904 WM 460.5.P7
Includes bibliographical references and index.
COVER; CONTENTS; ABOUT THE EDITOR AND CONTRIBUTORS; INTRODUCTION; PART I THEORETICAL REFLECTIONS; Editor's introduction to chapter one; CHAPTER ONE The dread of sameness: social hatred and Freud's "narcissism of minor differences"; Editor's introduction to chapter two; CHAPTER TWO Subjectivity and absence: prejudice as a psycho-social theme; Editor's introduction to chapter three; CHAPTER THREE Metapsychological approaches to exclusion; Editor's introduction to chapter four; CHAPTER FOUR The excluded in identification; PART II QUESTIONING CASES OF EXCLUSION. CHAPTER NINET races of trauma in post-conflict Guatemala: theoretical reflections on the effects of trauma on social organisationPART III THE EXCLUSION OF PSYCHOANALYSIS: LIMITS AND EXTENSIONS; Editor's introduction to chapter ten; CHAPTER TEN Psychoanalysis behind iron curtains; Editor's introduction to chapter eleven; CHAPTER ELEVEN The extensions of psychoanalysis: colonialism, post-colonialism, and hospitality; INDEX.
Thinking psychoanalytically about the nature of social exclusion involves a self-questioning on the part of the interpreter. While we may all have some experiences of having been subject to stereotyping, silencing, discrimination and exclusion, it is also the case that, as social beings, we all, to some extent, participate in upholding these practices, often unconsciously. The book poses the question of how psychoanalysis can be used to think about the invisible and subtle processes of power over symbolic representation, in the context of stereotyping and dehumanization: What forces govern the state of affairs that determine who is an 'I' and who is an 'it' in the public sphere?Thinking in terms of "containment", a communication which is denied a social space for expression can be said to be actively stripped of meaning. Through its original contribution of attending to, and interpreting material that so far had seemed meaningless, psychoanalysis demonstrates a capacity to reinstall meaning where none was before--but how are such acts performed on a social level?When common responsibility is displaced onto a suitable class or group and its representatives, the end point is reached when the individual is objectified and the social aspects of the process are no longer recognized. His or her position becomes an illegitimate one from which to speak--the person's subjectivity is excluded. The book poses the question of how we can conceive of the 'how' and the 'why' of this phenomenon and of possible counter-actions.
9781782410256 (electronic bk.) 1782410252 (electronic bk.) 1780490070 (pbk.) 9781780490076 (pbk.)
2012533018
101596497 DNLM 016214367 Uk
Political psychology.
Political ethics.
Politics, Practical.
Psychoanalysis--methods
Politics
Psychology, Social--ethics
Psychologie politique.
Morale politique.
Politique.
politics.
PSYCHOLOGY--Movements--Psychoanalysis.
Political ethics.
Political psychology.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
JA74.5 / .P79 2012eb
150.19/5
2012 I-904 WM 460.5.P7