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ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK OF PSYCHOANALYTIC POLITICAL THEORY The emerging field of psychoanalytic political theory has now reached a stage in its development and rapid evolution that deserves to be registered, systematically defined, and critically evaluated. This handbook provides the first reference volume which showcases the current state of psychoanalytic political theory, maps the genealogy of its development, identifies its conceptual and methodological resources, and highlights its analytical innovations and its critical promise. The handbook consists of 35 chapters, offering original, comprehensive, and critical reviews of this field of study. The chapters are divided into five thematic sections: • The figures section discusses the work of major psychoanalytic theorists who have considerably influenced the development of psychoanalytic political theory. • The traditions section genealogically recounts and critically reassesses the many attempts throughout the 20th century of experimenting with the articulation between psychoanalysis and political theory in a consistent way. • The concepts section asks what are the concepts that psychoanalysis offers for appropriation by political theory. • The themes section presents concrete examples of how psychoanalytic political theory can be productively applied in the analysis of racism, gender, nationalism, consumerism, and so on. • The challenges/controversies section captures how psychoanalytic political theory can lead the way toward theoretical and analytical innovation in many disciplinary fields that deal with cutting-edge issues. The Routledge Handbook of Psychoanalytic Political Theory will serve as a scholarly reference volume for all students and researchers studying political theory, psychoanalysis, and the history of ideas. Yannis Stavrakakis studied political science in Athens and Essex. He worked at the Universities of Essex and Nottingham before taking up a position at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in 2006. His research focuses primarily on contemporary political theory (with emphasis on psychoanalytic and post-structuralist approaches) and on the analysis of ideology and discourse in late modern societies (with emphasis on populism, environmentalism, post-democracy, and the role of artistic practices). “The Routledge Handbook of Psychoanalytic Political Theory introduces the reader into a new but rapidly growing field in the social sciences. It provides key texts by well known scholars on the ways in which psychoanalytic theory and practice have an impact on the political order. The editor Yannis Stavrakakis provides an illuminating and extensive introduction which explains the general organisation and the basic themes and controversies. There is no doubt that the book will be a vital tool for those who want to explore and develop further the variety of theoretical/ conceptual frameworks that the volume provides. It will also be useful to researchers who want to study empirically the influence of psychoanalytic approaches to themes and controversies in the areas of feminism, nationalism, consumerism, populism etc.” —Nicos Mouzelis, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, London School of Economics, UK “Far from simply serviceable and convenient, this Routledge Handbook of Psychoanalytic Political Theory is handy in the robust, Chaucerian sense. Intellectually challenging and urgent, it explains the crucial, updated psychoanalytical concepts now impacting political theory, while provid- ing a clear account of the various ways in which psychoanalysis and political theory related to each other previously. While the interventions of Freud and Lacan are, rightly, privileged, other formidable psychoanalytic figures also receive fresh attention. This is a volume that will be treasured.” —Joan Copjec, Professor of Modern Culture and Media, Brown University, USA ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK OF PSYCHOANALYTIC POLITICAL THEORY Edited by Yannis Stavrakakis EDITORIAL BOARD: STEPHEN FROSH, LYNNE LAYTON, AND DANY NOBUS First published 2020 by Routledge 52 Vanderbilt Avenue, New York, NY 10017 and by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 4RN Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business © 2020 Taylor & Francis The right of Yannis Stavrakakis to be identified as the author of the editorial material, and of the authors for their individual chapters, has been asserted in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Trademark notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data A catalog record for this book has been requested ISBN: 978-1-138-69631-0 (hbk) ISBN: 978-1-315-52477-1 (ebk) Typeset in Bembo by Apex CoVantage, LLC CONTENTS List of Diagrams ix List of Contributors x Acknowledgments xvii Introduction 1 Yannis Stavrakakis PART I Figures 17 1 Sigmund Freud 19 Stephen Frosh 2 Melanie Klein 31 R. D. Hinshelwood 3 Jacques Lacan 44 Dominiek Hoens 4 Wilhelm Reich 57 Christopher Turner 5 Carl Jung 67 Peter T. Dunlap v Contents PART II Traditions 81 6 Marcuse and the Freudian Left 83 Douglas Kellner 7 Lacanian Left 95 Sean Homer 8 Psychoanalytic Feminism 107 Lisa Baraitser 9 Critical Management Studies 122 Alessia Contu PART III Concepts 137 10 Superego and the Law 139 Todd McGowan 11 (Liberal) Narcissism 151 Robert Samuels 12 Affect and Emotion 162 Candida Yates 13 Trauma 174 Marshall Alcorn 14 Fantasy 187 Matthew Sharpe and Kirk Turner 15 Identification (With the Aggressor) 199 Jay Frankel 16 Mourning and Melancholia 208 Claudia Lapping 17 Language and Discourse 221 Ed Pluth 18 Collective Subjects 233 Campbell Jones vi Contents PART IV Themes 249 19 Sexuality 251 Eran Dorfman 20 Hate 261 C. Fred Alford 21 Racism 272 Derek Hook 22 Nationalism 285 Amanda Machin 23 Capitalism 296 Samo Tomšič 24 Choice and Consumerism 307 Renata Salecl 25 Religion and Islamic Radicalization 316 Andrea Mura 26 Populism 330 Paula Biglieri and Gloria Perelló 27 Arts 341 Cecilia Sjöholm PART V Challenges and Controversies 353 28 Psychoanalytic Geopolitics 355 Dany Nobus 29 Psy Ethics 369 Ian Parker 30 Neoliberalism 380 Valerie Walkerdine 31 Migration and Diversity 392 Nikolay Mintchev and Henrietta L. Moore vii Contents 32 Biopolitics 405 A. Kiarina Kordela 33 The Climate Crisis 417 Sally Weintrobe 34 Post-politics 429 Olivier Jutel 35 Posthuman Identities 443 Anthony Elliott Index 457 viii DIAGRAMS 3.1 Lacan’s Four Discourses 53 17.1 Lacan’s Algorithm for the Linguistic Sign 224 17.2 Saussure’s Diagram for the Linguistic Sign 224 17.3 Formula for Metonymy 225 17.4 Formula for Metaphor 226 ix