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R. D. Hinshelwood draws from five decades of experience to present a collection of papers on the relationships between psychoanalysis and politics. Divided into four parts, each chapter begins with a short introduction from the author to contextualise the featured paper and each part ends on an in-depth discussion with Giuseppe Caruso to clarify and advance understanding of the issues raised. They discuss the relevance of psychoanalysis, the science of the unconscious, and the numerous political topics addressed. Politics involves conscious debate but it is inevitably intruded upon by unconscious determinants that key in with social attitudes and issues. Hinshelwood draws upon the theory and work of Melanie Klein, W. R. Bion, and Herbert Rosenfeld, as well as his work with and on organisations and therapeutic communities. His writing is imbued with an acute sensibility to social and political matters and engages not only those with an interest in psychoanalysis but also those interested in the social sciences and cultural studies.
Contents
Acknowledgements
About the authors
Abstracts of the papers
Introduction: A preliminary discussion
Part I: Setting out the psychosocial divide
1. Marxist and psychoanalytic alienations
Paper 1. Projective identification and Marx's concept of man (1983)
2. Seeking the synthesis
Paper 2. Convergences with psychoanalysis (1996)
Discussion of Part I
Part II: Individual psychology with its interpersonal dimensions
3. Affect flow
Paper 3. The individual and the influence of social settings (2005)
4. Fluid identities
Paper 4. Social possession of identity (1988)
5. Stability or annihilation
Paper 5. Psychological defences and nuclear war (2002)
Discussion of Part II
Part III: The sociopolitical penetrated by the mental
6. Tracking down ideology
Paper 6. Ideology and identity (2009)
7. Socially stabilising identity
Paper 7. Intolerance and the intolerable: The case of racism (2007)
8. Belonging and identifying
Paper 8. The function of symbol-formation: Pinning down the ego function (2020)
Discussion of Part III
Part IV: How do we "take action"?
9. Is reflection an action?
Paper 9, Reflection or action: And never the twain shall meet (2017)
10. Democracy weaponised
Paper 10. The disappointment of democracy (2021)
11. The inexistence of debate
Paper 11. Political action, psychoanalytic action (2023)
Discussion of Part IV
Conclusion
Index
