Unconscious Contracts: A Psychoanalytical Theory of Society

By Michael Allingham

Book Overview

Originally published in 1987 this highly original work explores how the nature and institutions of society are determined by our unconscious as well as our conscious aims - how individuals join together in 'unconscious contracts'. The author does this by integrating psychoanalysis and social science to generate a psychoanalytical theory of society.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138934461
• ISBN13: 9781138934467
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"