Ruptures in the American Psyche: Containing Destructive Populism in Perilous Times
Book Details
- Publisher : Karnac Books
- Published : 2022
- Cover : Paperback
- Pages : 140
- Category :
Psychoanalysis - Catalogue No : 96458
- ISBN 13 : 9781800131279
- ISBN 10 : 9781800131
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
About the author
Preface
1. Introduction: Exploring the Nonrational, Unconscious Dimensions in American Politics
2. Democracy and Populism: Sociopolitical Perspectives on the American Experiment
3.Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Destructive Populism and Large-Group Regression: The Rise of Trumpism in the US
4. Psychotic Processes, Paranoia, and Conspiratorial Thinking in Large Groups
5. The Malignant Leader’s “Perversion” of the Containing Function and the Perils of Cultism
6. Containing Trumpism and Destructive Populism: Addressing, Encompassing, and Restraining Regressive Malignant Dynamics
7. Concluding Thoughts: A Plea For Hope In These Uncertain Times
Glossary of terms
References
Index