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    The Destroyed World and the Guilty Self: A Psychoanalytic Study of Culture and Politics

    Authors: David P. Levine & Matthew H. Bowker

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    From David P. Levine and Matthew H. Bowker, an exploration of cultural and political trends which investigates the wide-ranging fantasy of the destroyed world to gain insight into the emotional core of our society and understand what drives our fascination with it.  9781912691135

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    David P. Levine & Matthew H. Bowker

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    9781912691135

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    Page Extent

    208

    Publication Date

    May 2019

    Subject Areas

    Political Theory, Psychoanalysis, Psychoanalytic Theory

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    David Levine and Matthew Bowker explore cultural and political trends organized around the conviction that the world we live in is a dangerous place to be, that it is dominated by hate and destruction, and that in it our primary task is to survive by carrying on a life-long struggle against hostile forces. Their method involves the analysis of public fantasies to reveal their hidden meanings. The central fantasy explored is the fantasy of a destroyed world, which appears most commonly in the form of post-apocalyptic and dystopian narratives. Their special concern in the book is with defenses against the painful consequences of the dominance of this fantasy in the inner world, especially defenses involving the use of guilt to assure that something can be done to repair the destroyed world.

    Topics explored include: the formation of internal fortresses and their projection into the world outside, forms of guilt including bystander guilt and survivor guilt, the loss of and search for home, and manic forms of reparation.

    About the authors

    About the authors

    David P. Levine is emeritus professor in the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver. He holds a PhD in economics from Yale University and a Certificate in Psychoanalytic Scholarship from the Colorado Center for Psychoanalytic Studies. He has published extensively in the fields of economics, political economy, and psychoanalysis. In the field of psychoanalysis, he has published books on work, creativity, ethics, and politics. His most recent publication is Dark Fantasy: Regressive Movements and the Search for Meaning in Politics. He currently lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

     

     

    Matthew H. Bowker is a professor in political science at Medaille College in Buffalo, New York, where he teaches courses in psychoanalytic theory, political philosophy, ethics, and more. He holds degrees from Columbia University and the University of Maryland, College Park and recently (2018) completed a Fulbright grant. He is the author or editor of eleven books — including a volume on the psychoanalysis of Hikikomori and severe social withdrawal (forthcoming from Phoenix) — and several dozen articles and chapters on psychoanalysis and politics. He serves as editor (N. America) of the Journal of Psychosocial Studies, co-editor of the Psychoanalytic Political Theory book series (Routledge), and sits on numerous editorial and advisory boards.

    Contents

    Contents

    About the authors
    Introduction

    1. Godforsaken
    2. Being Wrong
    3. Guilt and Responsibility
    4. Guilty Selves and Social Systems
    5. Shame and the Impaired Self
    6. Speaking Out, Remaining Silent
    7. Abandonment
    8. Survivors
    9. The Broken Family and the Destroyed World

    Conclusion
    References
    Index

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    2 reviews for The Destroyed World and the Guilty Self: A Psychoanalytic Study of Culture and Politics

    1. Rachael McKeown, Psychodynamic Counsellor, Sussex Counselling and Psychotherapy News, Autumn/Winter 2019, Issue no. 136 – 10/10/2019

      …the book offers an important and substantive argument in our fraught political times. Levine and Bowker assert core Object Relations principles, and bring with them a broader defence of Enlightenment values of individuality and progress – coming to terms with our faults and subjectivity will not help us achieve empathy, we need psychological integration and alignment with reality.

    2. Annie Peskin, British Journal of Psychotherapy 36:1 (2020) – 26/08/2020

      ‘While reading this book, I enjoyed the jolts I got from recognizing human nature refracted through the traumatizing scenarios of the TV shows and novels the authors explored. I think there is much to recommend this book.’
      Read the full review here.

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