Psychoanalysis and Fascism

A Reader

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

496 kr

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Psychoanalysis and Fascism: A Reader brings together the most significant papers from a century-long history of psychoanalytic writings on fascism. Alasdair Cannon and Tom Fielder situate key work by authors including Wilhelm Reich, Christopher Bollas, Jacqueline Rose, Otto Kernberg, and Theodor Adorno in the context of fascism’s return as a locus of renewed political anxiety and scholarly debate. Organised into five sections – The Fascist State of Mind, Mass Psychology, Masculinity and Perversion, Psychosocial Approaches, and an Afterword – and featuring an extensive Introduction and Conclusion by the Editors, the book includes a diverse and comprehensive view of the major contributions to the field, from its inception to the present day. Psychoanalysis and Fascism: A Reader will be a valuable resource for scholars and students of psychoanalytic studies, critical theory, cultural studies, political studies and political psychology, and for psychoanalytic and group analytic practitioners seeking a psychosocial perspective on the proliferation of rage and terror in today’s world of systemic breakdown.

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Utgivningsdatum:2026-10-30
Mått:156 x 234 x undefined mm
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:274
Förlag:Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:9781041246374

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Alasdair Cannon is a British-Australian writer and independent researcher based in London. He is the author of Infinite Discontent: Writings on the Allure of Fascism (eidolon ink, 2024) and holds an MA in Psychoanalytic Studies from Birkbeck, University of London.Tom Fielder, PhD, is an Associate Lecturer at the Centre for Psychosocial Research, Birkbeck, University of London, and a member of the Executive Board of the Association for Psychosocial Studies

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“In the present conjuncture, authoritarianism has spread across the world and fascism is looming. How can we understand the appeal of these destructive trends and begin to oppose them? In this inspiring Reader, Alasdair Cannon and Tom Fielder provide some essential texts bringing psychoanalysis to bear on these questions. Their own Introduction and Conclusion draws this material together into a powerful new account of the dynamics of fascism (the ‘fascist state of fantasy’) that sets the agenda for political and psychoanalytic resistance. This is an essential text for a deeply troubling world.” - Stephen Frosh, Emeritus Professor, Birkbeck, University of London, UK

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Introduction: Psychoanalysis and Fascism. Section 1 - The Fascist State of Mind. Chapter 1 - Bollas - The Fascist State of Mind. Chapter 2 - Diamond - Towards Eradicating the Unbearable: The Dangerous Allure of Fascistic States of Mind. Chapter 3 - McAfee - Trump and the Paranoid-Schizoid Politics of Ideality. Section 2 - Mass Psychology. Chapter 4 - Adorno - Freudian Theory and the Pattern of Fascist Propaganda. Chapter 5 - Kernberg - Malignant Narcissism and Large Group Regression. Chapter 6 - Rose - Total belief: delirium in the West. Section 3 - Masculinity and Perversion. Chapter 7 - Wieland - Masculinity and the Fascist State of Mind. Chapter 8 - Grand - Fascism and the Web of Perversion. Section 4 - Psychosocial Approaches. Chapter 9 - Reich - Authoritarian Family Ideology and the Mass Psychology of Fascism. Chapter 10 - Toscano - Capitalism Without Capitalism: Fascism According to Žižek. Chapter 11 - Frosh - Studies in prejudice: Theorizing anti-Semitism in the wake of the Nazi Holocaust. Section 5 - Afterword. Chapter 12 - Salberg - "Don't You See I'm Burning?": Fascism Amnesia and the Failure of Witnessing. Conclusion: Fascism Terminable and Interminable. Directions for Future Research and Further Readings.