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Psychoanalysis, Culture & Society (2008) 13, 67–70. doi:10.1057/palgrave.pcs.2100144

The Next Step for APCS: Organizing Social Action Task Forces

Mark Bracher1

1English Department, Kent State University, Kent, OH, USA

Correspondence: Dr Mark Bracher, English Department, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242, USA. E-mail: mbracher@kent.edu

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Abstract

Academic organizations, including APCS, run the risk of functioning as little more than sources of recognition for their members. APCS members need to beware of this narcissistic trap and take steps to assure that the knowledge we construct and disseminate contributes to the APCS mission of social change and transformation.

Keywords:

social justice, social change, identity, recognition, academic organizations

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