Socio Analytic Dialogue

Author : Bruno Boccara
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2014-06-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780739194041

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Socio-Analytic Dialogue by Bruno Boccara Pdf

In this book, Bruno Boccara argues that complex and changing psychosocial issues, in particular those related to the societal unconscious, must be assessed and incorporated in public policy analysis through Socio-Analytic Dialogue, a psychosocial approach aimed at understanding and addressing emotional issues surrounding public policies worldwide through empathic dialogue. Taking into account societal level anxieties and defense mechanisms—at both the conscious and unconscious levels—when formulating and implementing policies increases the awareness and understanding of psychosocial issues, and decreases the need, and therefore the likelihood, of societies adopting regressive social defenses. Covering international topics including research from the United States; Tunisia and the Arab spring; discontent and riots in Chile, Israel, and the United Kingdom; and humiliation in Sub-Saharan Africa, the book identifies how country-level psychosocial dynamics impact public policies, and suggests that policies themselves can become social defenses. Two case studies, firstly on the World Bank and foreign aid, and secondly on Bolivia, illustrate how a deep understanding of psychosocial issues can provide new insights on the functioning of organizations (perverse dynamics) and on a country’s policy choices and economic performance. Building upon recent work in sociology and psychoanalysis, the book demonstrates that Socio-Analytic Dialogue has the potential to make a significant contribution to understanding worldwide discontent and anxieties.

Author : Susan Long
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2018-05-01
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780429919350

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Socioanalytic Methods by Susan Long Pdf

Socioanalysis is the study of groups, organisations, and society using a systems psychoanalytic framework: looking beneath the surface (and the obvious) to see the underlying dynamics and how these dynamics are interconnected. This book examines several of the methodologies used in socioanalytic work. Even though the beginnings of socioanalytic investigation lay in the mid-twentieth century, a broad look across several methodologies has not been done before, despite separate publications dealing with particular methods. In addition, several new methods have been developed in recent years, which the present work incorporates. Connecting all these methods is their aim of 'tapping into' the dynamic operation of what the author calls 'the associative unconscious' within and between social systems. The associative unconscious is the unconscious at a systemic level. Each of the methods discussed in this book accesses the associative unconscious in different ways.

Author : Bruno Boccara
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2014-07-06
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0415854938

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An Introduction to Socio-Analytic Dialogue by Bruno Boccara Pdf

In this book Bruno Boccara argues that complex and changing psychosocial issues, in particular those related to the societal unconscious, must be assessed and incorporated in public policy analysis through socio-analytic dialogue. The rationale for Socio-Analytic Dialogue is that the increased awareness and understanding of country-level psychosocial issues, as long as they are sufficiently internalized, should decrease the need, and therefore the likelihood, of societies adopting regressed social defenses. This would, in turn, decrease instances of policies failing and, as such, increase the likelihood of countries reaching their policy objectives in a manner consistent with a genuine internalization and ownership of their goals. The book shows how Socio-Analytic Dialogue builds upon recent work in sociology and in psychoanalysis applied to organizational management and political science. The book makes several new contributions, in particular the idea that policies can themselves become social defenses. As such, it identifies a key linkage between public policy and country-level group unconscious dynamics. It also presents the first psychoanalytic-based evaluation of a country and of its policies, that of Bolivia. Finally, the analysis of the World Bank provides a detailed window into the mechanisms leading to perverse societal dynamics and policies failing. This topic is of particular and urgent relevance today.

Author : Bruno Boccara
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 149 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2022-10-04
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780761873570

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Psychosocial Analysis of the Pandemic and Its Aftermath by Bruno Boccara Pdf

This manifesto is motivated by the daunting psychosocial issues that were so strikingly revealed by the Covid-19 pandemic. Of particular interest is the collective denial of facts, which resulted in public health policy mistakes and fostered distrust. In hindsight, this could have been prevented. Boccara shows how the core psychosocial response to the pandemic observed in most countries turned out to be wishing for it to either magically go away, as if it had never happened or be dealt with in an effortless way. Magical thinking and, as a consequence denying reality, often prevailed. As such, the psychosocial dynamics deepened the denial even further as several countries ended-up deciding to “live with the virus”. Yet, deliberately choosing endemicity of the coronavirus may lead to insurmountable challenges. Humanity is, therefore, truly finding itself at a turning point. Boccara argues that successfully facing systemic challenges ahead will require societies to systematically take into account ways in which psychosocial dynamics -particularly those operating at the societal unconscious level- impact public policy and societal level dialogue. By this, we mean understanding how mental representations and fantasies, shared anxieties, and social defenses mobilized against those anxieties impact the society; in other words how nations function as social systems. There has probably never been a more critical time than now for societies worldwide to approach critical decisions from a psychosocial perspective. Failing to do so could lead to psychosocial tipping points whereas the world as whole would increasingly mobilized regressed defenses that would make it impossible for societies to manage such challenges. There comes a time when ideas potentially capable of profoundly changing the world must be brought to the centers of decision making. That time is now upon us.

Author : Susan Long
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2018-05-08
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780429923258

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Transforming Experience in Organisations by Susan Long Pdf

This book demonstrates how the transforming experience framework (TEF) model can be used in organisational analysis, research, and consulting. It analyses the use of the TEF for examining both theoretical and practical issues in the field of socioanalysis and systems psychodynamics.

Author : Kalina Stamenova,R. D. Hinshelwood
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2018-11-13
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780429831621

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Methods of Research into the Unconscious by Kalina Stamenova,R. D. Hinshelwood Pdf

The psychoanalytic unconscious is a slippery set of phenomena to pin down. There is not an accepted standard form of research, outside of the clinical practice of psychoanalysis. In this book a number of non-clinical methods for collecting data and analysing it are described. It represents the current situation on the way to an established methodology. The book provides a survey of methods in contemporary use and development. As well as the introductory survey, chapters have been written by researchers who have pioneered recent and effective methods and have extensive experience of those methods. It will serve as a gallery of illustrations from which to make the appropriate choice for a future research project. Methods of Research into the Unconscious: Applying Psychoanalytic Ideas to Social Science will be of great use for those aiming to start projects in the general area of psychoanalytic studies and for those in the human/social sciences who wish to include the unconscious as well as conscious functioning of their subjects.

Author : David B. Szabla,David Coghlan,William Pasmore,Jennifer Kim
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 553 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2023-08-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781800378520

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Handbook of Research Methods in Organizational Change by David B. Szabla,David Coghlan,William Pasmore,Jennifer Kim Pdf

The Handbook of Research Methods in Organizational Change offers innovative and practical information to aid in the successful implementation of research methodologies. Written by a collective of experienced scholars, it provides inspiration for future academics wishing to advance research into human system changes.

Author : Susan Long,Julian Manley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2019-01-03
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780429830181

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Social Dreaming by Susan Long,Julian Manley Pdf

The idea of social dreaming argues that dreams are relevant to the wider social sphere and have a collective resonance that goes beyond the personal narrative. In this fascinating collection, the principles of social dreaming are explored to uncover shared anxieties and prejudices, suggest likely responses, enhance cultural surveys, inform managerial policies and embody community affiliation. Including, for the first time, a coherent epistemology to support the theoretical principles of the field, the book reflects upon and extends the theory and philosophy behind the method, as well as discussing new research in the area, and how social dreaming practice is conducted in a range of localities, situations and circumstances. The book will appeal to anyone interested in the idea that social dreaming can help us to delve deeper into the question of what it means to be human, from psychoanalysts to sociologists and beyond.

Author : Ian Hutchby,Robin Wooffitt
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2021-04-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781509546060

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Conversation Analysis by Ian Hutchby,Robin Wooffitt Pdf

Talk is a central activity in social life. But how is ordinary talk organized? How do people coordinate their talk in interaction? And what is the role of talk in wider social processes? Conversation Analysis has developed over the past forty years as a key method for studying social interaction and language use. Its unique perspective and systematic methods make it attractive to an interdisciplinary audience. In this second edition of their highly acclaimed introduction, Ian Hutchby and Robin Wooffitt offer a wide-ranging and accessible overview of key issues in the field. The second edition has been substantially revised to incorporate recent developments, including an entirely new final chapter exploring the contribution of Conversation Analysis to key issues in social science. The book provides a grounding in the theory and methods of Conversation Analysis, and demonstrates its procedures by analyzing a variety of concrete examples. Written in a lively and engaging style, Conversation Analysis has become indispensable reading for students and researchers in sociology, sociolinguistics, applied linguistics, social psychology, communication studies and anthropology.

Author : Vamik D. Volkan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2018-05-08
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780429910371

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A Nazi Legacy by Vamik D. Volkan Pdf

This book relates the psychoanalytic journey of a man in his thirties, a grandson of a high-level SS officer, whose case illustrates how individuals can sometimes suffer greatly or cause the suffering of other innocent persons, simply because they are descendants of perpetrators. In it, technical considerations in treating such an individual, including countertransference issues and concepts related to transgenerational transmissions-for example, identification, depositing, dissociation, encapsulation, and remembering through actions-are explored. The man had a repeating daydream of carrying a big egg under his arm. The imagined egg, representing his encapsulated dissociated state, contained the mental representation of his Nazi grandfather and his grandfather's victims, along with images of most tragic historical events. He attempted to turn his grandfather's image from a life-taker to a life-giver and wished to own the older man's grandiose specialness, while fearing the loss of his own life. These opposite aims created unnamed "catastrophes".

Author : Katherine Bischoping,Amber Gazso
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2015-11-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781473953130

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Analyzing Talk in the Social Sciences by Katherine Bischoping,Amber Gazso Pdf

Talk is one of the main resources available to qualitative researchers. It offers rich, meaningful data that can provide real insights and new perspectives. But once you have the data how do you select an appropriate means of analysis? How do you ensure that the approach you adopt is the best for your project and your data? The book will help you choose strategies for qualitative analysis that best suit your research. It walks you through key decisions, provides actionable game plans and highlights the advantages and challenges of the main approaches. It is packed full of real examples designed to showcase the different tools you might use to meet your own objectives. Each section of the book focuses on one popular strategy for analyzing talk-based data: Narrative Analysis Conversation Analysis Discourse Analysis Taken together these sections will help you to fine-tune the link between your primary research question and your methods; to ensure that your theoretical stance fits with your methods; and to reason through your analysis in a way that will be recognizable to the intellectual communities of narrative, conversation, or discourse analysts. This book is both starting point and map for any social scientist looking to strategically and purposefully analyse talk data.

Author : Dennis Brown
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1853029289

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Psyche and the Social World by Dennis Brown Pdf

'This book contains a stimulating diversity of chapters that explore the development of Foulkesian ideas - [it is] a fine exposition of group analysis.' - Group Analysis 'This is essential contemporary reading.' - British Journal of Psychiatry In this examination of the legacy of Foulkes, the theoretical foundations of group psychotherapy are applied to a range of groups, including family therapy, institutional dynamics and educational therapy. Contributors to this volume include distinguished group analysts, such as Pines and De Mar , and more junior analysts selected for their original thinking. The complexity of creating a coherent theory of group analysis is underlined by the multiple authorship of a single volume compiled and edited along group principles. Editors Brown and Zinkin also had access to the preliminary notes of a proposed book on group theory, cut short by Foulkes's death, which cover topics as wide-ranging as psychoneurosis, social inheritance and the Oedipus complex.

Author : Max Travers,John F. Manzo
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2016-12-05
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781351922722

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Law in Action by Max Travers,John F. Manzo Pdf

Ethnomethodologists and Conversation Analysts have always been interested in the study of law and legal institutions and there is now a large body of empirical studies, representing a range of analytic traditions in each field. This collection introduces this literature and the research questions pursued by ethnomethodologists and conversation analysts, in an accessible form to a general audience in the inter-disciplinary field of law and society studies.

Author : Peter C. Phan,
Publisher : Orbis Books
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2015-02-19
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781608334711

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Christianity with an Asian Face by Peter C. Phan, Pdf

Author : Clodovis Boff
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2009-10-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781608990801

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Theology and Praxis by Clodovis Boff Pdf

In this book Clodovis Boff rigorously and passionately erects the methodological scaffolding that is necessary to construct a true theology of the political, a true theology of liberation. Much of the book is devoted to clarifying and articulating the boundaries of the relationships among theology, the political, the social sciences, hermeneutics, and praxis. As an element of that constructive work, Boff carefully points out the past and present theoretical shortcomings of political theology and the theology of liberation. Thus the book fills a methodological void that has hampered the full development of a theology of the political, and it blazes a path beyond what the author calls the "first phase" of liberation theology.