Chernobrov, D. (2013) The spring of western narcissism: A psychoanalytic approach to western reactions to the 'Arab Spring'. Psychoanalysis, Culture and Society, 19 (1). pp. 72-88. ISSN 1543-3390
Abstract
This paper analyses the evolution of Western perceptions of the Arab Spring through the prism of self/other identities and psychoanalysis. Reconstructing the process of perception, the argument suggests that the West engages in a self-pleasing phantasy of first recognising itself in protesters, and then, when faced with irreconcilable difference, developing a no less narcissistic suspicion. The argument is situated in the broader dynamics of self-definition against the unknown, and the illusions and traumas of a meaningful discovery of the other.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2014 Palgrave Macmillan. This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article published in Psychoanalysis, Culture & Society. The definitive publisher-authenticated version [10.1057/pcs.2013.20] is available online at: [http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/pcs.2013.20]. |
Keywords: | Arab Spring; granted self; phantasy; identity; narcissism; abjection |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Journalism Studies (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 29 Jan 2016 11:24 |
Last Modified: | 08 Nov 2016 18:34 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/pcs.2013.20 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Palgrave |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1057/pcs.2013.20 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:90061 |