Psychoanalysis, society, and the inner world : embedded meaning in politics and social conflict / David P. Levine.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Levine, David P., 1948- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economics--Psychological aspects.

Economics.

Social conflict.

Social movements--Psychological aspects.

Social movements.

Identity (Psychology).

Political science.

Physical Description:

vi, 135 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.

Summary:

Psychoanalysis, Society, and the Inner World explores ideas from psychoanalysis that can be valuable in understanding social processes and institutions and in particular, how psychoanalytic ideas and methods can help us understand the nature and roots of social and political conflict in the contemporary world. Among the ideas explored in this book, of special importance are the ideas of a core self (Heinz Kohut and Donald Winnicott) and of an internal object world (Melanie Klein, Ronald Fairbairn). David Levine shows how these ideas, and others related to them, offer a framework for understanding how social processes and institutions establish themselves as part of the individual's inner world and how imperatives of the inner world influence the shape of those processes and institutions. In exploring the contribution psychoanalytic ideas can make to the study of society, emphasis is placed on post-Freudian trends that emphasize the role of the internalization of relationships as an essential part of the process of shaping the inner world. Psychoanalysis, Society, and the Inner World will appeal to psychoanalysts and to social scientists interested in psychoanalytic ideas and methods, as well as students studying across these fields who are keen to explore social and political issues. Book jacket.

Contents:

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Applied psychoanalysis

Object relations

Relating and not relating

Ambivalence about the self

Moral order and moral defense

The power of words

Social movements and the method of introspection

Hate in groups and the struggle for individual identity

Affordable care

Truth in politics.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781138217362

1138217360

9781138218222

1138218227

OCLC:

953440047