Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 Scared stiff: Social trauma and the post-9/11 political culture; Chapter 2 Political culture and psychoanalysis in the Southern Cone: Coming attractions of the Dirty Wars; Chapter 3 A psychoanalysis for tumultuous times: The psyche and social revolution; Chapter 4 The psychosocial dynamics of state terror; Chapter 5 The culture of fear and social trauma; Chapter 6 Exile: Paradoxes of loss and creativity; Chapter 7 Neoliberal democracy in Latin America: Impunity and economic meltdown
Chapter 8 U.S. neoliberal/neoconservative democracy: Psychoanalysis without the couch; Chapter 9 Impunity and resistance: Saving democracy in the heart of empire; Chapter 10 The future's uprooted minds; References; Index
Summary
In our post-9/11 environment, our sense of relative security and stability as privileged subjects living in the heart of Empire has been profoundly shaken. Hollander explores the forces that have brought us to this critical juncture, analyzing the role played by the neoliberal economic paradigm and conservative political agenda that emerged in the West over the past four decades with devastating consequences for the hemisphere's citizens. Narrative testimonies of progressive U.S. and Latin American psychoanalysts illuminate the psychological meanings of living under authoritarian political con
