Psychoanalysis as a Subversive Phenomenon

Social Change, Virtue Ethics, and Analytic Theory

Amber M. Trotter

In Psychoanalysis as a Subversive Phenomenon: Social Change, Virtue Ethics, and Analytic Theory, Amber M. Trotter examines the radical sociopolitical roots of psychoanalysis and contends that psychoanalytic practices can and should be used to promote social change today. Trotter illustrates how analytic theory and practice could function subversively in contemporary American culture. This book is recommended for students and scholars of psychology, sociology, political science, cultural studies, and philosophy.

Lexington Books

Pages: 120 • Trim: 6½ x 9

978-1-4985-7332-0 • Hardback • December 2019 • $104.00 • (£80.00)

978-1-4985-7333-7 • eBook • December 2019 • $98.50 • (£76.00)

Series: Psychoanalytic Studies: Clinical, Social, and Cultural Contexts

Subjects: Psychology / Movements / Psychoanalysis, Psychology / Social Psychology, Social Science / Ethnic Studies / General

Psychoanalysis as a Subversive Phenomenon

Social Change, Virtue Ethics, and Analytic Theory

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Summary

In Psychoanalysis as a Subversive Phenomenon: Social Change, Virtue Ethics, and Analytic Theory, Amber M. Trotter examines the radical sociopolitical roots of psychoanalysis and contends that psychoanalytic practices can and should be used to promote social change today. Trotter illustrates how analytic theory and practice could function subversively in contemporary American culture. This book is recommended for students and scholars of psychology, sociology, political science, cultural studies, and philosophy.

Details

Lexington Books

Pages: 120 • Trim: 6½ x 9

978-1-4985-7332-0 • Hardback • December 2019 • $104.00 • (£80.00)

978-1-4985-7333-7 • eBook • December 2019 • $98.50 • (£76.00)

Series: Psychoanalytic Studies: Clinical, Social, and Cultural Contexts

Subjects: Psychology / Movements / Psychoanalysis, Psychology / Social Psychology, Social Science / Ethnic Studies / General

Author

Amber M. Trotter, PsyD, is private practitioner in Healdsburg and San Francisco and teacher at the California Institute of Integral Studies.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1: Subversion

Chapter 2: Psychoanalysis as a Subversive Phenomenon

Chapter 3: The Ethics of Psychoanalysis

Chapter 4: The Ethics of American Culture

Chapter 5: Psychoanalytic Ethics in Contemporary Culture

Chapter 6: Concluding Reflections

References

Index

About the Author

Reviews

Situating psychoanalysis as an ethical discipline, Amber M. Trotter articulates a compelling vision of a psychoanalytic ethic that draws upon its radical roots and capacity for disrupting the status quo. Trotter’s argument is a clarion call for psychoanalysis to sharpen its 'subversive edge' through increased engagement with issues of structural, economic, and political inequality. This book will be of interest to all who value psychoanalysis and its subversive potential to effect progressive social change.
— Karen Starr, New York University; coauthor of A Psychotherapy for the People: Toward a Progressive Psychoanalysis