Fantasy and Social Movements

It is sometimes assumed that fantasizing stands in contrast to activism. This book, however, argues that fantasy plays a central role in social movements. Drawing on psychoanalysis and psychosocial theories, Fantasy and Social Movements examines the relationships between fantasy, reality, action, the unconscious and the collective.

List of contents

Introduction: Fantasy and Social Movements in Context PART I: FANTASY, REALITY, THE UNCONSCIOUS, ACTION, AND THE COLLECTIVE Introduction to Part I 1. Fantasy in Freudian Theory 2. Fantasy in Kleinian Theory 3. Fantasy in Lacanian Theory 4. Modes of Fantasy PART II: FANTASE AND SOCIAL MOVEMENT THEORY Introduction to Part II 5. Social Movement Theory and Types of Action 6. Smelser's Theory of Collective Behaviour 7. A Typology of Social Movements PART III: A CASE STUDY OF THE PRO-SPACE MOVEMENT AND FANTASY Introduction to Part II 8. Fantasy in the Pro-Space Movement 9. The Pro-Space Movement and Social Structure 10. The Pro-Space Movement and Ideology 11. The Pro-Space Movement and Political Organization

About the author

James S. Ormrod is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Brighton, UK. His research focuses on social movements and psychosocial theory, and on the relationship humans have with their environment and with the universe more generally. He is co-author, with Peter Dickens, of Cosmic Society: Towards a Sociology of the Universe.

Summary

It is sometimes assumed that fantasizing stands in contrast to activism. This book, however, argues that fantasy plays a central role in social movements. Drawing on psychoanalysis and psychosocial theories, Fantasy and Social Movements examines the relationships between fantasy, reality, action, the unconscious and the collective.

Product details

• Authors: J Ormrod, J. Ormrod
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.01.2014
• EAN: 9781349467600
• ISBN: 978-1-349-46760-0
• No. of pages: 316
• Series: Studies in the Psychosocial; Studies in the Psychosocial
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); B, Psychoanalysis, Sociology, Cultural Studies, Social History, personality, Social & cultural history, Political Sociology, biotechnology, Politics & government, Social Psychology, Sociology, general, Personality and Social Psychology, Personality and Differential Psychology, Analytical & Jungian psychology, Palgrave History Collection, Psychoanalytical & Freudian psychology