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The Anthropological Paradox - Niches, Micro-worlds and Psychic Dissociation (Paperback)
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The Anthropological Paradox - Niches, Micro-worlds and Psychic Dissociation (Paperback)
Series: Law and Politics
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This book addresses how the erosion of traditional forms of
political association and legal regulation has given rise to a
pluralism of "imperfect communities" constantly exposed to the risk
of dissolution. These are niches and micro-worlds that are
connected through precarious and ambivalent ties. Such a
far-reaching transformation affects at one and the same time both
our psychic and social identity. The book argues that this
phenomenon is linked to the proliferation of new forms of psychic
"disorder" - depression, personality disorder, dissociation -
typical of hypermodern societies. However, while these can easily
turn into genuine disorders, they can also open onto richer forms
of identity, more complex than those of the past. Based on this
analysis, the book's main claim is that this dynamic epitomizes a
general anthropological paradox - one that has always marked the
human animal: humans are bound by their own biological constitution
to fend off disorder by drawing the boundaries of artificial
niches, and yet they are inclined to expose themselves to unlimited
contingency so that they can find a truly suitable environment.
Pursuing a novel understanding of the apparent collapse of
traditional juridico-political settings, this book makes the case
that the emergence of dissociations at several levels - individual,
social, political, legal - does not stem from a lack of political
imagination. Rather, it is a situation with which humans are
inevitably confronted: a perennial tension between the limited and
the unlimited, between the desire to take refuge and the desire to
cross borders.
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