1st Edition

Unconscious Contracts A Psychoanalytical Theory of Society

By Michael Allingham Copyright 1987
146 Pages
by Routledge

146 Pages
by Routledge

146 Pages
by Routledge

Originally published in 1987 this highly original work explores how the nature and institutions of society are determined by our unconscious as well as our conscious aims – how individuals join together in ‘unconscious contracts’. The author does this by integrating psychoanalysis and social science to generate a psychoanalytical theory of society. The key to this theory is the interpretation of... Read more

Preface. 1. The Structure of Society 2. The Individual Mind 3. Individual Development 4. Individuals and the Group 5. Groups and Society 6. Social Attitudes. Notes. Index.

Biography

Michael Allingham