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Fantasy and Social Movements

  • James S. Ormrod
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Part of the Studies in the Psychosocial Series book series (STIP)

Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction: Fantasy and Social Movements in Context

    1. Introduction: Fantasy and Social Movements in Context
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      Pages 1-24

  3. Fantasy in Constellation: Fantasy, Reality, the Unconscious, Action and the Collective

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 25-27
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    2. Fantasy in Freudian Theory
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      Pages 29-66
    3. Fantasy in Kleinian Theory
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      Pages 67-97
    4. Fantasy in Lacanian Theory
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      Pages 98-133
    5. Modes of Fantasy
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      Pages 134-138

  4. Fantasy and Social Movement Theory

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 139-139
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    2. Social Movement Theory and Types of Action
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      Pages 141-183
    3. Smelser’s Theory of Collective Behaviour
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      Pages 184-199
    4. A Typology of Social Movements
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      Pages 200-204

  5. A Case Study of the Pro-Space Movement and Fantasy

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 205-213
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    2. Fantasy in the Pro-Space Movement
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      Pages 215-230
    3. The Pro-Space Movement and Social Structure
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      Pages 231-242
    4. The Pro-Space Movement and Ideology
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      Pages 243-256
    5. The Pro-Space Movement and Political Organization
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      Pages 257-272
  6. Back Matter
    Pages 273-308
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About this book

Introduction

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.

Keywords

Social Movements Fantasy Psychosocial Studies Psychoanalysis Activism Freud Klein Lacan Smelser Utopia Imagination Pro-Space Movement behavior organization psychoanalysis The Unconscious

Authors and affiliations

  • James S. Ormrod
    • 1
  1. 1.University of BrightonUK

Bibliographic information

  • DOI https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137348173
  • Copyright Information Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2014
  • Publisher Name Palgrave Macmillan, London
  • eBook Packages Palgrave History Collection
  • Print ISBN 978-1-349-46760-0
  • Online ISBN 978-1-137-34817-3
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