A growing body of work within the social sciences deploys psychoanalytic concepts in empirical research. This book explores the methodological justifications for these recontextualisations, offering a critical examination of the re-deployment of concepts from psychoanalysis into…
This book offers an overview of the rapidly expanding field of Psycho-Social research. Drawing on aspects of discourse psychology, continental philosophy and anthropological and neuro-scientific understandings of the emotions, psycho-social studies has emerged as an embryonic ne…
By applying psychoanalytic perspectives to key themes, concepts, and practices underlying the development enterprise, Confronting Desire offers a new way of analyzing the problems, challenges, and potentialities of international development. Ilan Kapoor makes a compelling case f…
Psychoanalysis and international development -- Post-development's surrender to global capitalism: a psychoanalytic critique -- The universalist dimensions of antagonism -- What "drives" capitalist development? -- Capitalism as envy-machine -- Fetishism in international developm…
"This book critically analyzes important current issues in international development-growth, poverty, inequality, participation, consumption, corruption, gender, race, LGBT politics, revolution, universalism-by deploying key psychoanalytic concepts-enjoyment, fantasy, antagonism…
By applying psychoanalytic perspectives to key themes, concepts, and practices underlying the development enterprise, 'Confronting Desire' offers a new way of analyzing the problems, challenges, and potentialities of international development. Ilan Kapoor makes a compelling case…
"This book critically analyzes important current issues in international development-growth, poverty, inequality, participation, consumption, corruption, gender, race, LGBT politics, revolution, universalism-by deploying key psychoanalytic concepts-enjoyment, fantasy, antagonism…
"This book critically analyzes important current issues in international development-growth, poverty, inequality, participation, consumption, corruption, gender, race, LGBT politics, revolution, universalism-by deploying key psychoanalytic concepts-enjoyment, fantasy, antagonism…
"El retorno del péndulo is presented as a dialogue on the intersection between sociology and psychoanalysis taking as its starting point the figure of Sigmund Freud"--Publisher. Fruto de un feliz y extraño encuentro entre Zygmunt Bauman, uno de los más importantes pensadores co…
