Psychoanalysis, Catastrophe & Social Action - 9780367683153

Taylor & Francis

Psychoanalysis, Catastrophe & Social ActionAuthor(s): Robin McCoy Brooks\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367683153, 978-0367683153\nSynopsis\nWinner of the IAJS Book Award 2023 for Best Applied Book\n\nThis fascinating volume uses psychoanalytic theory to explore how political subjectivity comes about within the context of global catastrophe, via the emergence of collective individuations through trans-subjectivity. Serving as a jumping-off point to address the structural linkage between collective catastrophe, subject, group, and political transformation, trans-subjectivity is the central tenet of the book, conceptualized as a psyche-social dynamic that initiates social transformation and which may be enhanced in the clinical setting.\n\nEach chapter investigates a distinct manifestation of trans-subjectivity in relation to various real-world events as they manifest clinically in the analytic couple and wit.