CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

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