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Thinking critically in the midst of the maelstrom: can psychoanalysis help us stay sane in an insane world?
- Source :
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Psychotherapy & Politics International . Oct2007, Vol. 5 Issue 3, p163-170. 8p. - Publication Year :
- 2007
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Abstract
- This special section of Psychotherapy and Politics International contains an online discussion from October 2006 titled ‘Thinking critically in the midst of the maelstrom: can psychoanalysis help us stay sane in an insane world?’ This discussion, which took place on PsyBC (<URL>http://www.psybc.com/</URL>) revolved around two target articles by Neil Altman and Nancy Hollander on psychoanalytic understandings of the contemporary crisis in the US. This introduction discusses a few of the issues that emerged during the wide-ranging discussions. Among these issues are: whether war is inevitable; the interaction of psychodynamics and social processes in maintaining the dominant ideology and social structures; the psychodynamics of bystanders in maintaining social problems; and the complicity of many, even most, citizens in the advanced countries in various ongoing forms of oppression. A theme running through the discussion concerns the role of the citizen in a democracy and the need to increase the individual and social ability to remain aware of unpleasant social realities. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *PSYCHOANALYSIS
*MENTAL health
*PSYCHODYNAMICS
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14769263
- Volume :
- 5
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Psychotherapy & Politics International
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 26898373
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ppi.141