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Fantasy and Social Movements

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  • © 2014

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  • Offers novel development of social movement studies and notions of collective action in psychosocial theory
  • Covers a broad array of theoretical perspectives, from Weber and Freud through the new utopianists
  • Grapples with elements of agency and the unconscious

Part of the book series: Studies in the Psychosocial (STIP)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Introduction: Fantasy and Social Movements in Context

  2. Fantasy in Constellation: Fantasy, Reality, the Unconscious, Action and the Collective

  3. Fantasy and Social Movement Theory

  4. A Case Study of the Pro-Space Movement and Fantasy

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About this book

It is sometimes assumed that fantasizing stands in contrast to activism. This book, however, argues that fantasy plays a central role in social movements. Drawing on psychoanalysis and psychosocial theories, Fantasy and Social Movements examines the relationships between fantasy, reality, action, the unconscious and the collective.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Brighton, UK

    James S. Ormrod

About the author

James S. Ormrod is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Brighton, UK. His research focuses on social movements and psychosocial theory, and on the relationship humans have with their environment and with the universe more generally. He is co-author, with Peter Dickens, of Cosmic Society: Towards a Sociology of the Universe.

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