Overview
- Offers novel development of social movement studies and notions of collective action in psychosocial theory
- Covers a broad array of theoretical perspectives, from Weber and Freud through the new utopianists
- Grapples with elements of agency and the unconscious
Part of the book series: Studies in the Psychosocial (STIP)
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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.
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction: Fantasy and Social Movements in Context
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Fantasy in Constellation: Fantasy, Reality, the Unconscious, Action and the Collective
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Fantasy and Social Movement Theory
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A Case Study of the Pro-Space Movement and Fantasy
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Back Matter
Authors and Affiliations
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.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Fantasy and Social Movements
Authors: James S. Ormrod
Series Title: Studies in the Psychosocial
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137348173
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-34816-6Published: 29 September 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-46760-0Published: 01 January 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-34817-3Published: 29 September 2014
Series ISSN: 2662-2629
Series E-ISSN: 2662-2637
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 308
Topics: Personality and Social Psychology, Psychoanalysis, Political Sociology, Sociology, general, Social History, Cultural Studies