On Psychoanalysis and Violence - 9781138346307

Taylor & Francis

On Psychoanalysis and ViolenceContemporary Lacanian Perspectives\nAuthor(s): Vanessa Sinclair, Manya Steinkoler\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138346307, 978-1138346307\nSynopsis\nPsychoanalysis has not examined violence as such since it is a sociological and criminological concept; psychoanalysis is concerned with speech. On Psychoanalysis and Violence brings together noted Lacanian psychoanalysts and scholars to fill an important gap in psychoanalytic scholarship that addresses what the contributors term the \""angwash\"" of our current time. \n\nToday violence is everywhere. We are inundated with it, exhausted by it, bombarded by images and reports of it on a daily, even hourly basis. This book examines how psychoanalysis can account for the many manifestations of violence in contemporary society. Drawing on a broadly Lacanian perspective, the authors explore violence in war, terrorism, how the media portrays .