Fantasy, Online Misogyny and the Manosphere - 9780367468668

Taylor & Francis

Fantasy, Online Misogyny and the ManosphereMale Bodies of Dis/Inhibition\nAuthor(s): Jacob Johanssen\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367468668, 978-0367468668\nSynopsis\nNominated for the 2022 Gradiva Award! \n\nThis book presents the first in-depth study of online misogyny and the manosphere from a psychoanalytic perspective.\n\nThe author argues that the men of the manosphere present contradictory thoughts, desires and fantasies about women which include but also go beyond misogyny. They are in a state of dis/inhibition: torn between (un)conscious forces and fantasies which erupt and are defended against. Dis/inhibition shows itself in self-victimization and defensive apathy as well as toxic agency and symbolic power and expresses itself in desire for and hatred of other bodies. The text draws on the psychoanalytic thinkers Klaus Theweleit, Elisabeth Young-Bruehl, Jessica Benjamin and Wilhelm Reich to present .