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LOOKING FOR THE UNEXPECTED: PSYCHOANALYTIC UNDERSTANDING AND POLITICS
Author(s) -
Rustin Michael
Publication year - 2010
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.1752-0118.2010.01208.x
Subject(s) - psychoanalytic theory , psychology , politics , unconscious mind , psychoanalysis , political science , law
This paper argues, with examples which include the nuclear arms race and climate change, that the most valuable psychoanalytic insights into political questions are likely to be counter‐intuitive, since they will draw attention to unconscious states of mind which resist recognition.