This book offers a psychosocial perspective on political violence, employing a strong current of psychoanalytic thinking. In the course of its chapters an international roster of researchers and scholars offers a richly complex and insightful view of diverse forms of political violence and its build-ups. The authors discuss the processes by which the ground for political violence is prepared, and how violent acts are facilitated. They question how social, cultural and political constellations can develop in such a way that, for certain people in this constellation, violence becomes a logical - perversely reasonable - response. This collection demonstrates what a psychoanalytic perspective can bring to existing approaches to political violence, going beyond the social movement approach by unfolding the inherent ambiguity in accepted concepts within the study of political violence.

This book offers a psychosocial perspective on political violence, employing a strong current of psychoanalytic thinking. In the course of its chapters an international roster of researchers and scholars offers a richly complex and insightful view of diverse forms of political violence and its build-ups. The authors discuss the processes by which the ground for political violence is prepared, and how violent acts are facilitated. They question how social, cultural and political constellations can develop in such a way that, for certain people in this constellation, violence becomes a logical - perversely reasonable - response. This collection demonstrates what a psychoanalytic perspective can bring to existing approaches to political violence, going beyond the social movement approach by unfolding the inherent ambiguity in accepted concepts within the study of political violence.

"At last, the book we have been waiting for - that comprehensive text that bites off as much as it can chew from our ragingly complex contemporary media and technology landscape, and then subjects what it finds to the psychoanalytic gaze. From AI to Zizek, the authors have tamed a dizzyingly diverse body of theory into a brilliant, comprehensive, and significant text. Johanssen and Kruger have crushed it." Dr. Aaron Balick, psychotherapist and author of The Psychodynamics of Social Networking Our lives are saturated by media that we use in conscious as well as unconscious ways. Spanning a wide range of examples, this critical introduction guides readers through the growing field of psychoanalytic media studies in a clear and accessible manner. It is indispensable read for anyone who wants to understand the complex relationship between humans and technology today. Jacob Johanssen and Steffen Kruger show how media function beyond the rational. What does it mean to speak of narcissism in relation to social media? How have the internet and online platforms shaped work? How do apps like Tinder and online pornography shape our experience of love and sexuality? What are the potentials and pitfalls in our relationships with AI and robots? These questions, and many others, are discussed and answered in this book. Aimed at students, academics and clinicians, this book introduces readers to key media and the ways they have been approached psychoanalytically, and presents major concepts and debates led by scholars since the 1970s.

Diplomarbeit aus dem Jahr 2000 im Fachbereich Sozialpadagogik / Sozialarbeit, Note: 1,0, Leuphana Universitat Luneburg (Sozialwesen), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Inhaltsangabe: Einleitung: Ich habe mir als Abschlussarbeit das Thema Designerdrogen ausgewahlt, weil es ein noch relativ unverbrauchtes Thema ist, ich konnte am Fachbereich Sozialwesen keine Diplomarbeit mit diesem Titel finden. Viele, ich eingenommen, haben schon einmal etwas davon gehort, aber kaum jemand weiss so richtig, was es mit Designerdrogen auf sich hat. Die Vielfalt der als Designerdrogen bezeichneten Stoffe hat mich im Laufe der Arbeit sehr uberrascht. Aus diesem Grund musste ich eine Auswahl zu den Stoffen treffen, mit denen ich mich naher beschaftigen konnte, um nicht den Rahmen der Arbeit sprengen zu mussen. Daher beschaftigte ich mich hauptsachlich mit den Amphetaminen, insbesondere dem Ecstasy, mit dem Ziel, die meiner Meinung nach moderneren Methoden sozialarbeiterischer Drogenhilfe gegenuber der traditionellen Drogenhilfe hervorzuheben. Die vielfaltige Literatur zu dem Thema Designerdrogen bestatigt, dass Ecstasy in Deutschland die bedeutendste Designerdroge ist und somit ein bedeutender Faktor sozialarbeiterischer Betatigungsfelder werden kann. Wahrend des Literaturstudiums fiel auf, dass trotz der Vielfalt der Abhandlungen immer wieder die gleichen Autoren zu finden waren, was vermuten lasst, dass kompetente Fachleute zu diesem Thema noch rar sind. Gang der Untersuchung: In Kapitel eins behandele ich Grundsatzliches zur Begrifflichkeit von Drogen. Kapitel zwei gibt einen geschichtlichen Abriss zum Thema Drogen und Gesellschaft wieder. Aspekte zur Sucht/Abhangigkeit, deren Entstehung und Ausmass in der BRD beschreibe ich in Kapitel drei. Zum Hauptpunkt der Arbeit komme ich dann in Kapitel vier, in dem ich erklare was Designerdrogen sind und gebe einen Uberblick uber die existierenden Designerdrogen, um in Kapitel funf auf die in Deutschland weit verbreiteten Amphetamine zu kommen. Nach