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Psychosis and Power : Threats to Democracy in the Self and the Group /
In the world of psychosis, the rejected misfit becomes a revered leader; the powerless dominates galaxies. Exploring a microcosm of tyranny within the psychotic self, James M. Glass maps the psychological origins of domination. As he documents forms of social participation that promote the healing o...
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| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Ithaca, NY :
Cornell University Press,
[2019]
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- 1. Psychotic Unhinging: The Terror of Delusion
- 2. Psychotic Time: Withdrawal from Consensual Reality
- 3. Jenny: Power as Projection of the Inner
- 4. Tragedy: Power as Delusional Tyranny
- 5. Maureen: Power as Assault on the Flesh
- 6. Power and Its Construction: An Argument between Alice Miller and Michel Foucault
- 7. Psychosis in the Collective: The Group as Agent of Unconscious Phantasy
- 8. The Ego Ideal: Power as Hate and Disintegration
- 9. Identity and Power: The Disintegrating Self
- 10. Psychodynamic Preconditions for the Democratic Exercise of Power
- 11. Conclusion: Psychosis, Political Value, and Democracy
- Afterword
- NOTES
- REFERENCES
- INDEX