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6. Power and Its Construction: An Argument between Alice Miller and Michel Foucault
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- CONTENTS vii
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix
- INTRODUCTION 1
- 1. Psychotic Unhinging: The Terror of Delusion 11
- 2. Psychotic Time: Withdrawal from Consensual Reality 28
- 3. Jenny: Power as Projection of the Inner 45
- 4. Tragedy: Power as Delusional Tyranny 61
- 5. Maureen: Power as Assault on the Flesh 88
- 6. Power and Its Construction: An Argument between Alice Miller and Michel Foucault 102
- 7. Psychosis in the Collective: The Group as Agent of Unconscious Phantasy 119
- 8. The Ego Ideal: Power as Hate and Disintegration 133
- 9. Identity and Power: The Disintegrating Self 154
- 10. Psychodynamic Preconditions for the Democratic Exercise of Power 174
- 11. Conclusion: Psychosis, Political Value, and Democracy 195
- Afterword 207
- NOTES 213
- REFERENCES 221
- INDEX 227
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- CONTENTS vii
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix
- INTRODUCTION 1
- 1. Psychotic Unhinging: The Terror of Delusion 11
- 2. Psychotic Time: Withdrawal from Consensual Reality 28
- 3. Jenny: Power as Projection of the Inner 45
- 4. Tragedy: Power as Delusional Tyranny 61
- 5. Maureen: Power as Assault on the Flesh 88
- 6. Power and Its Construction: An Argument between Alice Miller and Michel Foucault 102
- 7. Psychosis in the Collective: The Group as Agent of Unconscious Phantasy 119
- 8. The Ego Ideal: Power as Hate and Disintegration 133
- 9. Identity and Power: The Disintegrating Self 154
- 10. Psychodynamic Preconditions for the Democratic Exercise of Power 174
- 11. Conclusion: Psychosis, Political Value, and Democracy 195
- Afterword 207
- NOTES 213
- REFERENCES 221
- INDEX 227
