On the fate of psychoanalysis and political theory.
The author explores the present structure of the relationship between psychoanalysis and political theory, finding that the two often attempt to integrate each other's findings as mere resources within the pursuit of fundamentally self-determined projects. This radically misconstrues the force and meaning of the insights upon which they draw. Especially when psychoanalytic interpretations of collective subjects (nations, regions, etc.) occur, the relationship between psychoanalysis and political theory may not be appropriately mediated, promoting suspiciousness about the interpretive and therapeutic efficacy of such nonclinical "interventions." The author proposes an alternative paradigm for a new working relationship between psychoanalysis and political theory.
Rosen
Adam
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New School for Social Research, Philosophy Department, New York, NY, USA. pomogrrl@hotmail.com
D005201:Fantasy; D005619:Freudian Theory; D006801:Humans; D009042:Motivation; D009769:Object Attachment; D011057:Politics; D011209:Power, Psychological; D011573:Psychoanalytic Interpretation; D011574:Psychoanalytic Theory; D012922:Social Change; D014473:Unconscious, Psychology