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THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE INFLUENCE OF SOCIA SETTINGS: A PSYCHOANALYTIC PERSPECTIVE ON THE INTERACTION OF THE INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIETY
Author(s) -
Hinshelwood R.D.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
british journal of psychotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.442
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1752-0118
pISSN - 0265-9883
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-0118.2005.tb00273.x
Subject(s) - psychoanalytic theory , psychology , perspective (graphical) , unconscious mind , psychoanalysis , racism , social psychology , identity (music) , sociology , gender studies , aesthetics , philosophy , artificial intelligence , computer science
Psychoanalysis cannot explain social phenomena directly, but the human responses to social, economic and historical forces can be described. In this paper I want to look at the interaction between the underlying psychology of the unconscious of individuals in groups, and to theorize how that provides a basis upon which social forces may act. Certain aspects of racism and national identity serve as useful illustrations of how the social phenomena interact with the psychology of individuals.