Article
Psychoanalysis, Culture & Society (2008) 13, 71–74. doi:10.1057/palgrave.pcs.2100145
The Citizen Psychoanalyst and the Psychoanalytic Social Activist
Karl Figlio1
1Centre for Psychoanalytic Studies, University of Essex, Colchester, Essex, UK
Correspondence: Karl Figlio, Centre for Psychoanalytic Studies, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, Essex CO4 3SQ, UK. E-mail: kfiglio@essex.ac.uk
Abstract
This paper proposes a distinction between the psychoanalyst who, as a citizen, is socially active, and a psychoanalytic social activist. The former is a concerned citizen who is also a professional, while the latter understands and acts psychoanalytically in a social sphere. I suggest that the former occurs anyway, and that the latter needs to be better defined and carefully implemented. I offer a simple example.
Keywords:
action, activism, groups, fundamentalism, intelligent design
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