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- Shows why it is hard to understand contemporary politics and society without using psychoanalytic theories
- Argues that the emerging fields of evolutionary psychology, neuroscience, and behavioural economics are actually political ideologies masquerading as scientific discourses
- Clarifies the foundations of psychoanalysis and the possibility of a new politics based on psychoanalytic practices
Part of the book series: Critical Theory and Practice in Psychology and the Human Sciences (CTPPHS)
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Reviews
Authors and Affiliations
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UCSB , Santa Barbara, USA
Robert Samuels
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Psychoanalyzing the Left and Right after Donald Trump
Book Subtitle: Conservatism, Liberalism, and Neoliberal Populisms
Authors: Robert Samuels
Series Title: Critical Theory and Practice in Psychology and the Human Sciences
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44808-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science and Psychology, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-44807-7Published: 19 October 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-83140-4Published: 16 June 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-44808-4Published: 07 October 2016
Series ISSN: 2946-3556
Series E-ISSN: 2946-3564
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: V, 113
Topics: Critical Psychology, Psychoanalysis, Political Theory, Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights