- 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
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- About this book
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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.
- About the authors
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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.
- Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Introduction: Fantasy and Social Movements in Context
Pages 1-24
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Fantasy in Freudian Theory
Pages 29-66
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Fantasy in Kleinian Theory
Pages 67-97
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Fantasy in Lacanian Theory
Pages 98-133
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Modes of Fantasy
Pages 134-138
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Fantasy and Social Movements
- Authors
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- J. Ormrod
- Series Title
- Studies in the Psychosocial
- Copyright
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Copyright Holder
- Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited
- eBook ISBN
- 978-1-137-34817-3
- DOI
- 10.1057/9781137348173
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-1-137-34816-6
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-1-349-46760-0
- Series ISSN
- 2662-2629
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- VIII, 308
- Topics
