The Pathologies of International Relations
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British Psychoanalytical Society (incorporating the Institute of Psychoanalysis)
Description
Join us for the next instalment of our Political Mind series, featuring Professor Michael Rustin.
This talk examines whether psychoanalysis can help us understand today’s increasingly unstable state of international relations, including the risk of escalating global conflict. Challenging the idea that states act purely rationally, Rustin explores the weakening of international norms and the growing prevalence of aggression, war crimes, and genocide.
Drawing on psychosocial and psychoanalytic perspectives, he considers the deeper psychological and social forces shaping global instability – and why public responses to such crises are often so muted.
