Political Mind Special- Dr Allan Shafer

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British Psychoanalytical Society (incorporating the Institute of Psychoanalysis)

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Political Mind Special | Everywhere You Look the Cruelty of the Human Spirit is on Display – Dr Allan Shafer

‘Does psychoanalysis have the potential to intervene in the proliferation of hate in society?’

“I imagine,” said James Baldwin, “one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.”

A key focus will be on the divisive and paranoiagenic role of hate amidst rising violence: racism, domestic abuse, child exploitation, climate crisis, anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, fundamentalism, and fascism. How does hate hinder thought and understanding?

Can psychoanalytic thinking penetrate these dynamics? And ultimately, can it contribute to strengthening social bonds?

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