A Psychoanalytic and Socio-Cultural Exploration of a Continent - 9780367182748

Taylor & Francis

A Psychoanalytic and Socio-Cultural Exploration of a ContinentEurope on the Couch\nAuthor(s): Anna Zajenkowska, Uri Levin\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367182748, 978-0367182748\nSynopsis\nThis important book gathers a set of influential international contributors with psychoanalytic and group analytic knowledge to provide a wide-ranging critical analysis of the present state of Europe.\n\nEurope is facing huge challenges: waves of immigrants are reshaping its identity and testing its tolerance; Brexit is a destabilizing factor and its outcomes are not yet clear; economic crises continue to threaten; the resurgence of nationalism is threatening an open-borders one-continent ideology. This book tackles some of these challenges. Divided into two parts, the first analyses the current social, political, cultural and economic trends in Europe using psychoanalytic and group analytic concepts, while the second concen.