The Group Dimension - Claire Bacha

The Group Dimension

Capitalism, Group Analysis, and the World Yet to Come

(Autor)

Buch | Softcover
200 Seiten
2024
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-39513-5 (ISBN)
37,40 inkl. MwSt
The Group Dimension presents a thorough exploration of the history and theory of the group dimension, particularly in the context of modern capitalist society.

The book traces the development of capitalism from feudalism, where the first polis groups can be identified, and describes the growth of the power of the state prescribed by John Maynard Keynes to form neoliberalism. Bacha then explores the deep history of human groups, examines how our brains are built for and by multibody interactions and understandings, and provides an overview of our knowledge of groups, building on findings from group analysis. The book concludes by exploring how an understanding of groups, their facilitation and their consciousness redefines current individualistic and autistic 'freedom', to build the new world through dialogue.

The Group Dimension will be essential reading for anyone involved in groups, as practitioners or clients. It will also be of interest to readers looking to learn more about groups in the context of modern politics, social and liberation movements.

Claire Bacha was born in Chicago in 1945 and studied anthropology and sociology, obtaining postgraduate degrees in Chile and Brazil. Her doctorate was on finance capitalism at Manchester University, UK. She trained as a psychoanalyst and was a senior Group Analyst in Manchester, working until shortly before she died in 2023.

List of illustrations

Forewords

Preface

Acknowledgements

Introduction: The evolution of capitalism and the group dimension

PART I: Capitalism and the time of monsters

1. It was not always like this

2. Keynes and Keynesianism

PART II: Neoliberalism: Hayek and the Mont Pelerin Society

3. Hayek as a response to Keynes

4. The strange fruits of neoliberalism

PART III: The story of how humans evolved is the story of the group dimension

5. Freedom before humans

6. Early humans

PART IV: The social brain

7. Jaak Panksepp and his unique contribution

8. The basic feelings: Seeking, Fear, Rage

9. The relational feelings: Lust and Care

10. Panic/Grief, Play, integration and social homeostasis

PART IV: Figurations and groups

11. Seeking is the foundational feeling of life

12. The role of groups in everyday life: Synthesis with Panksepp

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo 5 Halftones, color; 5 Illustrations, color
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Gewicht 367 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte
Medizin / Pharmazie Medizinische Fachgebiete Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung Politische Systeme
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung Politische Theorie
ISBN-10 1-032-39513-3 / 1032395133
ISBN-13 978-1-032-39513-5 / 9781032395135
Zustand Neuware
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