Psychoanalysis, Culture and Social Action

Professor Dieter Flader is co-director of the Berlin Institute for Applied Human Studies and adjunct professor at the Free University of Berlin, Germany.

• IntroductionPart I: Basic Assumptions and Some Concepts of the Psychoanalytic Theory of Action1. The act signature of the unconscious – a new approach of psychoanalytic cultural critiquePart II: Mobbing and Its Connection to the Unconscious 1. What Is Mobbing? The Social Interaction Process of an Unresolved Mental ProblemPart III. Depth Psychological Aspects of the Public Debate about Climate Change1. A Psychoanalytical Approach to Climate Change AwarenessPart IV. Other Contemporary Cultural Phenomena and their Connection to the Unconscious1. Contemporary Problems of Leadership in Social Organisations2. A Modern Model of Successful Management and its Psychoanalytical Interpretation 3. Television Programmes as a Mirror of Narcissistic Problem Situations4. An Action-Oriented Analysis of Films by A. Hitchcock and S. King5. Vegetarians and Vegans: The Link Between Psychology and Political Effectiveness6. A Brief SummaryPart V. Psychonalaysis in the Perception of Modern Science1. Psychoanalysis from the Perspective of the Social Sciences2. The Psychology of Narcissitic Epidemics (J. Twenge & W. Campbell)Conclusion