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The Social Unconscious in Persons, Groups and Societies: Volume 1: Mainly Theory

Editor : Earl Hopper, Editor : Haim Weinberg

Reviews and Endorsements

'The clearest and most definitive statement about unconscious processes in social groups to date. A momentous volume that will define the field for decades to come; essential reading for all of us.'
- Peter Fonagy, PhD, FBA, Freud Memorial Professor of Psychoanalysis, University College London, and Chief Executive of the Anna Freud Centre, London

'This edited volume of erudite papers places the topic of the social unconscious in the framework of contemporary psychoanalytic and group theory. Compelling reading, stimulating, informative, and well written.'
- Richard Billow, PhD, Clinical Professor and Director of the Group Program of the Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies, Adelphi University, New York

'A major contribution to the literature about how we are governed by social and cultural forces that we glimpse mostly only in passing. This collection draws on the work of major contemporary theorists, and offers a definitive account of the social unconscious that will be of value to everyone working on the interfaces between psychology, psychoanalysis, sociology, social theory, and group analysis.'
- Stephen Frosh, PhD, Professor of Psychology, Birkbeck College, London

'An international collection that looks into the psyche and out to the social world, far into the past and deeply into the present, providing an integrated perspective on the effects of cultural and social forces on the continuing development of individuals, families and social organizations. It points to a future in which
psychoanalysis can arrive at a fuller understanding of the human condition.'
- Jill Savege Scharff, MD, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Georgetown University, Washington, DC

'A collage of essays on overlapping and interdependent areas of theory and clinical application, which is accessible to the beginning clinician in individual or group work, and will extend the reach of the most sophisticated theoretician.'
- David Scharff, MD, coordinator of the International Psychotherapy Institute and Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Services and at Georgetown University, Washington, DC

'Outstanding clinicians from four continents explore the concept and implications of the social unconscious, filled with information on the myriad of ways that psychic and social realities intersect, including socio-political structures and their effects on individuals.'
- Howard D. Kibel, MD, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, New York Medical College and Adjunct Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Weil Medical College of Cornell University, New York

'The Introduction to this book, written by its co-editors, is a cornerstone for the understanding of the complex concept of the social unconscious. A brilliant and precise historical review. A precious gift to group analysts the world over.'
- Hanna Biran, psychoanalyst and group analyst, Tel Aviv, Israel

Contents:
FOREWORD - Earl Hopper, Editor of NILGA
INTRODUCTION - Earl Hopper and Haim Weinberg

PART I: THE ORIGINS OF THE CONCEPT OF THE SOCIAL UNCONSCIOUS
CHAPTER ONE The concept of the social unconscious in the work of S. H. Foulkes - Dieter Nitzgen
CHAPTER TWO The concept of the co-unconscious in Moreno's psychodrama - Heloisa Junqueira Fleury and Anna Maria Knobel
CHAPTER THREE Enrique Pichon-Rivière: the social unconscious in the Latin-American tradition of group analysis - Juan Tubert-Oklander

PART II: THE ORGANISMIC AND NEUROBIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE
Introduction - Malcolm Pines
CHAPTER FOUR Mirror neurons, sociality, and the species homo sapiens - A. P. Tom Ormay
CHAPTER FIVE The group mind, systems-centred functional sub-grouping, and interpersonal neurobiology - Susan P. Gantt and Yvonne M. Agazarian

PART III: THE RELATIONAL AND INTERPERSONAL PERSPECTIVE
Introduction - Robi Friedman
CHAPTER SIX Working intersubjectively: what does it mean for theory and therapy? - Martin Weegmann
CHAPTER SEVEN The lost roots of the theory of group analysis: "interrelational individuals" or "persons" - Joshua Lavie

PART IV: THE MIND OF THE SOCIAL SYSTEM
Introduction - Felix de Mendelssohn
CHAPTER EIGHT The false we/the false collective self: a dynamic part of the social unconscious - Helena Klímová
CHAPTER NINE Manifestations of psychic retreats in social systems - Marina Mojovic

PART V: THE MATRIX OF THE SOCIAL SYSTEM
Introduction - Gerhard Wilke
CHAPTER TEN The social unconscious and ideology: in clinical theory and practice - Farhad Dalal
CHAPTER ELEVEN The foundation matrix and the social unconscious - Regine Scholz

PART VI THE NUMINOUS AND THE UNKNOWN
Introduction - Amélie Noack
CHAPTER TWELVE The social unconscious and the collective unconscious: the Jungian perspective - Stephanie Fariss
CHAPTER THIRTEEN Intuiting knowledge from the social unconscious with special reference to social dreaming - Gordon Lawrence