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1 online resource (xiv, 292 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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New Directions in Critical Theory
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New directions in critical theory.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Summary |
Noëlle McAfee uses psychoanalytic theory to explore the subterranean anxieties behind current crises and the ways in which democratic practices can help work through seemingly intractable political conflicts. Fear of Breakdown contends that politics needs something that only psychoanalysis has been able to offer: an understanding of how to work through anxieties, ambiguity, fragility, and loss in order to create a more democratic politics. |
Contents |
Intro; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; By Way of a Preface; Introduction; 1. Defining Politics; 2. Psychoanalysis and Political Theory; 3. Politics and the Fear of Breakdown; 4. Practicing Democracy; 5. Democratic Imaginaries; 6. Becoming Citizens; 7. Definitions of the Situation; 8. Deliberating Otherwise; 9. Political Works of Mourning; 10. Public Will and Action; 11. Radical Imaginaries; 12. Nationalism and the Fear of Breakdown; Conclusion: Working Through the Breakdown; Notes; References; Index. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Democracy -- Psychological aspects.
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Democracy -- Psychological aspects. |
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Democracy. |
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Deliberative democracy.
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Deliberative democracy. |
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Psychoanalysis -- Political aspects.
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Psychoanalysis -- Political aspects. |
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Psychoanalysis. |
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Political psychology.
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Political psychology. |
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Critical theory.
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Critical theory. |
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Electronic books.
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Other Form: |
Print version: McAfee, Noëlle, 1960- Fear of breakdown. New York : Columbia University Press, [2019] 9780231192682 (DLC) 2018047977 (OCoLC)1089840820 |
ISBN |
9780231549912 (electronic book) |
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0231549911 (electronic book) |
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9780231192682 |
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0231192681 |
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9780231192699 |
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023119269X |
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