Melanie Klein and Critical Social Theory

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An Account of Politics, Art, and Reason Based on Her Psychoanalytic Theory

C. Fred Alford

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In this thoughtful and lucid book, C. Fred Alford shows how the psychoanalytic theory of Melanie Klein can be extended to groups and culture and thus can illuminate issues of social theory and moral philosophy of the sort considered by the Frankfurt School. He then applies this expanded theory to the politics of large groups, the appeal of works of art, and the psychological sources of reason.

Kazik (Simha Rotem), who now lives in Israel, was an adviser to the mini-series Uprising and was the 1997 recipient of the Raoul Wallenberg Medal, given to those who have made extraordinary accomplishments toward liberty and human values. It is his voice saying, “I remember . . . when I said to myself, ‘I am the last Jew, I am going to wait for morning, I am going to wait for the Germans,’” that ends Claude Lanzmann’s film Shoah.

ISBN: 9780300105582
Publication Date: September 10, 2001
240 pages, 6 1/8 x 9 1/4