Beneath the Crust of Culture: Psychoanalytic Anthropology and the Cultural Unconscious in American Life (Contemporary Psychoanalytic Studies 1) - Softcover
In this book, the author presents a pioneering interpretation of culture as constituting a dynamic relationship between the visible “crust” and the elusive “core” of social life. He meticulously maps the role of the unconscious in shaping much of American life in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. He crosses and transcends disciplinary boundaries in studies of September 11, 2001, the 1999 Columbine High School massacre, the execution of Timothy McVeigh, the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, the 1999 Worcester, Massachusetts fire, and the eruption of hypernationalism and xenophobia in nations and workplaces — all as cultural phenomena with a psychodynamic core. He shows how the experience of loss in the face of massive social change often leads to equally massive defence against the experience of mourning. Beneath the Crust of Culture will be of interest not only for behavioural and social science professionals, but also for a lay public interested in understandings of culture deeper than the surface of the news and of official pronouncements.
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Howard F. Stein, Ph.D., a psychoanalytic anthropologist, is a professor in the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA, where he has taught for twenty-five years. Author of over two hundred scholarly articles and chapters, and author or editor of twenty-two books, his most recent book is Nothing Personal, Just Business: A Guided Journey into Organizational Darkness (2001).
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"a remarkable thinker... we should be grateful to Howard Stein for his penetrating insights and original syntheses." -- Journal of Anthropological Research
"a rich, stimulating, and disturbing view of the contemporary American cultural scene." -- Robert A. Paul, Emory University, in
Readers will question and wonder about life in the United States ... This most timely book makes a powerful impact. -- Vamik D. Volkan, M.D., LFAPA, FACPsa; Professor Emeritus, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, and Erik Erikson Scholar, the Austen Riggs Center, Stockbridge, Massachusetts
impressive ... one of the most insightful and important cultural analysts writing today ... eminently readable and engaging -- Mark Bracher, Editor, JPCS: Journal for the Psychoanalysis of Culture & Society
"a rich, stimulating, and disturbing view of the contemporary American cultural scene." -- Robert A. Paul, Emory University, in
Readers will question and wonder about life in the United States ... This most timely book makes a powerful impact. -- Vamik D. Volkan, M.D., LFAPA, FACPsa; Professor Emeritus, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, and Erik Erikson Scholar, the Austen Riggs Center, Stockbridge, Massachusetts
impressive ... one of the most insightful and important cultural analysts writing today ... eminently readable and engaging -- Mark Bracher, Editor, JPCS: Journal for the Psychoanalysis of Culture & Society
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- PublisherRodopi
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 9042008180
- ISBN 13 9789042008182
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages153
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