1st Edition
Organisations, Anxieties and Defences Towards a Psychoanalytic Social Psychology
276 Pages
by
Routledge
Psychoanalysis has been applied to the understanding of social groups, organizations and cultures for a very long time, and there have been many different approaches. This book brings together the contributions to a field that could be called psychoanalytic social psychology, from a very wide-ranging group of authors. The substantial introductory chapters by the editors describe a conceptual map... Read more
Foreword 1 General Introduction Part One: The International Field 13 2 Introduction: A Conceptual Overview of International Contributions from North America (1): The Modem Project and the Feminisation of Men 4 Contribution from North America (2): The Couch at Sea 5 Contribution from Italy: Psychoanalytical Approaches to the Study of Institutions in Italy 6 Contribution from France: Psychoanalysis and Institutions in France 7 Contribution from South America: From The Group-As-Jigsaw-Puzzle to the Incomplete Whole PART TWO: BRITISH CONTRIBUTIONS 8 Introduction to the Span of the British Tradition 9 The Tavistock Paradigm: Inside, Outside and Beyond 10 Psychoanalysis in the Public Sphere: Some Recent British Developments in Psychoanalytic Social Psychology 11 The Psychosocial Process 12 Conclusions: The Baby Grew Up
Biography
Edited by R.D. Hinshelwood FRCPsych, Centre for Psychoanalytic Studies, University of Essex. Marco Chiesa MDMRCPsych The Cassel Hospital, Richmond and University College London.
