Fear of breakdown : politics and psychoanalysis /

Noëlle McAfee uses psychoanalytic theory to explore the subterranean anxieties behind current crises and the ways in which democratic practices can help work through seemingly intractable political conflicts. Fear of Breakdown contends that politics needs something that only psychoanalysis has been...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: McAfee, Noëlle, 1960- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2019]
Series:New directions in critical theory.
Subjects:
Democracy > Psychological aspects.
Deliberative democracy.
Psychoanalysis > Political aspects.
Political psychology.
Critical theory.
Démocratie délibérative.
Psychanalyse > Aspect politique.
Psychologie politique.
Théorie critique.
critical theories (dialectical critiques)
critical theory (sociological concept)
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Essays.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Reference.
PSYCHOLOGY > Movements > Psychoanalysis.
Political psychology
Critical theory
Deliberative democracy
Democracy > Psychological aspects
Psychoanalysis > Political aspects
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Intro; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; By Way of a Preface; Introduction; 1. Defining Politics; 2. Psychoanalysis and Political Theory; 3. Politics and the Fear of Breakdown; 4. Practicing Democracy; 5. Democratic Imaginaries; 6. Becoming Citizens; 7. Definitions of the Situation; 8. Deliberating Otherwise; 9. Political Works of Mourning; 10. Public Will and Action; 11. Radical Imaginaries; 12. Nationalism and the Fear of Breakdown; Conclusion: Working Through the Breakdown; Notes; References; Index.

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