Introduction to the Classic Edition. Preface. Acknowledgements. Part I – The Political Psyche 1. The Mirror and the Hammer 2. Subjectivity and Political Discourse: The contribution of the clinic 3. Depth Psychology and Politics 4. The Lion and the Fox: Morality, Trickster and Political Transformation 5. Against Nature. Part II: The Political Person 6. Fathers 7. Political Readings of Paternal Imagery 8. Reflecting on Men 9. The Political Person Part III: The Political Therapist 10. Political Material in the Clinical Setting: Replies to an international survey 11. Object Relations, Group Process and Political Change 12. Jung, anti-Semitism and the Nazis 13. Nations, Leaders and a Psychology of Difference 14. Ending and Beginning. Notes. Bibliography. Name Index. Subject Index.
Andrew Samuels is recognised internationally as a leading
commentator from a psychotherapeutic perspective on political and
social problems. His work on the father, sexuality, spirituality
and ethics has also been widely appreciated. Over forty years, he
has evolved a unique blend of post-Jungian, relational
psychoanalytic and humanistic approaches to clinical work. A past
chair of the UK Council for Psychotherapy, he was co-founder of
Psychotherapists and Counsellors for Social Responsibility and also
of the Alliance for Counselling and Psychotherapy. He is Professor
of Analytical Psychology at Essex University and holds visiting
chairs at New York, London, Roehampton and Macau universities. His
books have been translated into 19 languages. For Routledge, he is
the author of Jung and the Post-Jungians (1985), A Critical
Dictionary of Jungian Analysis (1986), The Plural Psyche (1989),
The Political Psyche (1993), Relational Psychotherapy,
Psychoanalysis and Counselling (edited with Del Loewenthal, 2014),
and Passions, Persons, Psychotherapy,Politics (2014).
www.andrewsamuels.com
‘Everyone involved in public policy should celebrate the publication of The Political Psyche.’ - The Guardian‘A revolutionary book…challenging assumptions, uncovering the shameful and the hidden, introducing fresh new ideas and showing ordinary things from extraordinary angles…As topical today as it was twenty five years ago, shortly after the Gulf War.’ - Self & Society (Retro Review, 2014)‘A first rate treatise on psychology and politics…a text well worth reading. Samuels’ brilliance as a theoretician, stylist and psychologist appears with great persuasiveness.’ - Political Psychology
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