What Holds Us Together - Popular Culture and Social Cohesion (Hardcover)

Faced by the increasing divisiveness and volatility of electoral politics, and the rise of illiberal fundamentalisms, the social sciences may seem to lack the imagination necessary to make sense of the world. In this unusual book of political psychology, based on the idea that we hold ourselves together through a combination of restraint and release, the author draws on psychoanalysis and its creative interpretations of everyday experience to consider the current malaise of politics in relation to the huge vitality of popular culture. In a wide-ranging analysis, that links topics as diverse as our experience of public utilities, the rise of counselling, and the weakened impact of sexual scandal, he concludes with the proposal that a reconstruction of nationalism could make an important contribution to the renewal of democratic politics.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	The Psychoanalysis and Popular Culture Series
Release date:	July 2019
Authors:	Barry Richards
Dimensions:	229 x 152mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	132
ISBN-13:	978-0-367-10264-7
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Social, group or collective psychology Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Philosophy & theory of psychology > Psychoanalysis & psychoanalytical theory
LSN:	0-367-10264-1
Barcode:	9780367102647

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