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Fantasy and Social Movements

Palgrave Macmillan

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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. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
  2. Introduction: Fantasy and Social Movements in Context

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

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 25-27
    2. Fantasy in Freudian Theory

      • James S. Ormrod
      Pages 29-66
    3. Fantasy in Kleinian Theory

      • James S. Ormrod
      Pages 67-97
    4. Fantasy in Lacanian Theory

      • James S. Ormrod
      Pages 98-133
    5. Modes of Fantasy

      • James S. Ormrod
      Pages 134-138
  4. Fantasy and Social Movement Theory

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 139-139
    2. Social Movement Theory and Types of Action

      • James S. Ormrod
      Pages 141-183
    3. Smelser’s Theory of Collective Behaviour

      • James S. Ormrod
      Pages 184-199
    4. A Typology of Social Movements

      • James S. Ormrod
      Pages 200-204
  5. A Case Study of the Pro-Space Movement and Fantasy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 205-213
    2. Fantasy in the Pro-Space Movement

      • James S. Ormrod
      Pages 215-230
    3. The Pro-Space Movement and Social Structure

      • James S. Ormrod
      Pages 231-242
    4. The Pro-Space Movement and Ideology

      • James S. Ormrod
      Pages 243-256
  6. Back Matter

    Pages 273-308

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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eBook USD 39.99
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Softcover Book USD 54.99
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