The Psychopathology of Political Ideologies

Inspired by Freud's The Psychopathology of Everyday Life, Robert Samuels examines the unconscious processes shaping contemporary political ideologies.

Informationen zum Autor Robert Samuels is a lecturer of writing at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is the author of numerous books, including Teaching Writing, Rhetoric, and Reason at the Globalizing University (2021). Klappentext Inspired by Freud's The Psychopathology of Everyday Life, Robert Samuels examines the unconscious processes shaping contemporary political ideologies. Zusammenfassung Inspired by Freud's The Psychopathology of Everyday Life, Robert Samuels examines the unconscious processes shaping contemporary political ideologies. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction 2. Jonathan Haidt and the Five Political Ideologies 3. On the Psychopathology of Polarization 4. Understanding the Psychopathology of the Right 5. The Hysterical Left and the Narcissistic Center 6. The Anti-Ideology Ideology: Re-Discovering the Enlightenment 7. Conclusion

Autorentext

Robert Samuels is a lecturer of writing at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is the author of numerous books, including Teaching Writing, Rhetoric, and Reason at the Globalizing University (2021).

Klappentext

Inspired by Freud's The Psychopathology of Everyday Life, Robert Samuels examines the unconscious processes shaping contemporary political ideologies.

Inhalt

1. Introduction 2. Jonathan Haidt and the Five Political Ideologies 3. On the Psychopathology of Polarization 4. Understanding the Psychopathology of the Right 5. The Hysterical Left and the Narcissistic Center 6. The Anti-Ideology Ideology: Re-Discovering the Enlightenment 7. Conclusion