TY - JOUR PY - 2005// TI - The individual and the influence of socia settings: a psychoanalytic perspective on the interaction of the individual and society JO - British journal of psychotherapy A1 - Hinshelwood, R.d. SP - 155 EP - 166 VL - 22 IS - 2 N2 - Psychoanalysis cannot explain social phenomena directly, but the human responses to social, economic and historical forces can be described. In this paper I want to look at the interaction between the underlying psychology of the unconscious of individuals in groups, and to theorize how that provides a basis upon which social forces may act. Certain aspects of racism and national identity serve as useful illustrations of how the social phenomena interact with the psychology of individuals.

LA - en SN - 0265-9883 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1752-0118.2005.tb00273.x ID - ref1 ER -