The Political Psyche [Hardcover]

What can depth psychology and politics offer each other?

In The Political PsycheAndrew Samuels shows how the inner journey of analysis and psychotherapy and the passionate political convictions of the outer world are linked. He brings an acute psychological perspective to bear on public themes such as the market economy, environmentalism, nationalism, and anti-Semitism. But, true to his aim of setting in motion a two-way process between depth psychology and politics, he also lays bare the hidden politics of the father, the male body, and of men's issues generally. A special feature of the book is an international survey into what analysts and psychotherapists do when their patients/clients bring overtly political material into the clinical setting. The results, including what the respondents reveal about their own political attitudes, destabilize any preconceived notions about the political sensitivity of analysis and psychotherapy.

This Classic Edition of the book includes a new introduction by Andrew Samuels.

Introduction to the Classic Edition. Preface. Acknowledgements. Part I  The Political Psyche1. 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 Person6. Fathers 7. Political Readings of Paternal Imagery 8. Reflecting on Men 9. The Political Person Part III: The Political Therapist10. 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.

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