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A Lacanian psychoanalytic interpretation of conflict in Northern Ireland
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Date Issued
2001
Date Available
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Abstract
The aim of this paper is to demonstrate the power of Lacanian theory to bring to light the unconscious dynamics at work in the formation of ethno-national political identities. I begin by identifying the need for a Lacanian approach to communal identity. I then apply Lacanian psychoanalysis to interviews I have carried out into republicans and loyalists in Belfast, Northern Ireland, highlighting what it is both communities are in denial of as they constitute their self-interpretations. I point out how such denial helps sustain or reproduce relations of domination. I conclude that Lacanian psychoanalysis enhances our understanding and study of inter-religious and ethno-national conflicts and can be readily applied in conflict management.
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Not applicable
Other Sponsorship
Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences
Type of Material
Working Paper
Publisher
University College Dublin. Institute for British-Irish Studies
Series
IBIS Working Papers
13
Copyright (Published Version)
The author, 2001
Subject – LCSH
Psychoanalysis
Ethnopsychology
National characteristics
Social conflict--Northern Ireland
Language
English
Status of Item
Peer reviewed
Conference Details
Revised version of a paper presented at the International Association for Conflict Management 14th International Conference, “Towards a Dialogue between Conflict Theories and Practices Across Paradigms and Cultures”, ESSEC Business School, Cergy, France, 24-27 June 2001
ISSN
1649-0304
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