[Commlist] New book: Fantasy, Online Misogyny and the Manosphere: Male Bodies of Dis/Inhibition

*Fantasy, Online Misogyny and the Manosphere Male Bodies of 
Dis/Inhibition (Routledge)*

With a preface by Klaus Theweleit

Published in the Psychoanalysis and Popular Culture Series (edited by 
Caroline Bainbridge and Candida Yates)

https://www.routledge.com/Fantasy-Online-Misogyny-and-the-Manosphere-Male-Bodies-of-DisInhibition/Johanssen/p/book/9780367468651 
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This book presents the first in-depth study of online misogyny and the 
manosphere from a psychoanalytic perspective. The author argues that the 
men of the manosphere present contradictory thoughts, desires and 
fantasies about women which include but also go beyond misogyny. They 
are in a state of dis/inhibition: torn between (un)conscious forces and 
fantasies which erupt and are defended against. Dis/inhibition shows 
itself in self-victimization and defensive apathy as well as toxic 
agency and symbolic power and expresses itself in desire for and hatred 
of other bodies. The text draws on the psychoanalytic thinkers Klaus 
Theweleit, Elisabeth Young-Bruehl, Jessica Benjamin and Wilhelm Reich to 
present detailed analyses of the communities within the so-called 
manosphere, including incels, Men Going Their Own Way (MGTOW), alt-right 
YouTubers and NoFap users. Drawing on wider discussions about the status 
of sexuality in contemporary neoliberal technoculture since the sexual 
revolution of the late 1960s, it illuminates how sexuality, racism and 
images of the white male body shape the fantasies and affects of many 
men on the internet and beyond.

Integrating a unique theoretical framework to help understand how 
today's increase in online misogyny relates to the alt-right and 
fascism/, Online Misogyny and the Manosphere /is an important resource 
for academics in a variety of fields including psychoanalysis, media and 
communication studies, internet studies, masculinity research and more.

Table of Contents:

Series Preface

Preface by Klaus Theweleit

Introduction: A Psychoanalysis of the Manosphere

1. Male Fascist Bodies - Then and Now

2. The Sexual Revolution, the Manosphere and (Post)Feminism

3. The Backlash against the Sexual Revolution on YouTube

4. Incels and Fantasies of Destroying/Desiring the Other

5. Men Going Their Own Way - MGTOW: Woman shall (not) Exist

6. The Manifestos of Mass Shooters and the Absent Father

7. NoFap: Masturbation, Porn and Phallic Fragility

Conclusion: From Dis/Inhibition to Recognition - A Space for Hope?

Virtual Book Launch: 04 November, 6-8pm BST

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launch-fantasy-online-misogyny-and-the-manosphere-tickets-191255198447 
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Speakers:

Professor Candida Yates (Bournemouth University)

Professor John Mercer (Birmingham City University)

Associate Professor Diego Semerene (University of Amsterdam)


*Endorsements*

"Jacob Johanssen examines today's relevant 'fascist' men and their 
murderous actions in the light of the older as well as the newer 
research literature; thinks further newer psycho-analytic concepts and 
brings them in relation to the changed technological nature of today's 
world--greatest thanks for this gigantic work."/- From the Preface by 
Klaus Theweleit, author of /Male Fantasies

"Jacob Johanssen's /Fantasy, Online Misogyny and the Manosphere: Male 
Bodies of Dis/Inhibition /is a timely and welcome addition to the 
growing body of scholarship on anti-feminist formations online. This 
vibrant psychosocial study explores the psychodynamics of anti-feminist 
groups and their members, but always within a broader sociological 
context. Such an approach is especially important for understanding 
radicalisation processes, which are shaped by complex experiences, 
fantasies and expressions, as well as by the socio-political factors 
that enable and amplify misogyny. Johanssen's study neither defuses nor 
excuses their misogyny, but rather demonstrates how personal 
contradictions, incoherencies and ambivalences become channelled into 
extreme and hateful forms of political dogma. Always attendant to the 
contextual complexities of neoliberal capitalism, data-driven politics 
and the dynamics of the alt-right, /Fantasy, Online Misogyny and the 
Manosphere /enriches our understanding of white male supremacism by 
adding new lenses and perspectives through which to view the fantasies 
that drive this increasingly sinister political reality." - /Debbie 
Ging, Associate Professor of Media Studies, Dublin City University./

"In a time of political polarisation and multiplying hatreds in the 
'real' and 'virtual' worlds - a division that now holds little value - 
Jacob Johanssen's book is an important guide to some of the most 
disturbing elements of the 'manosphere'. Addressing the startling 
rhetoric of incels, MGTOWs, NoFaps and others, Johanssen offers 
historical context, social and political insight and, most of all, a 
thorough psychoanalytic reading of this significant and dangerous 
contemporary arena for the expression of toxic masculinities." - 
/Stephen Frosh, Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychosocial 
Studies, Birkbeck (University of London)./

"Jacob Johanssen's /Fantasy, Online Misogyny and the Manosphere/ could 
hardly be a more timely intervention in debates around contemporary 
masculinities and misogyny in the digital sphere. In this beautifully 
written and scrupulously researched book Johannsen draws together the 
disparate communities that comprise what is now known as the 
'manopshere' and its discontents. The author's intention, spectacularly 
realised, is to construct a psychosocial analysis of online misogyny and 
its connections to fantasy, affect and desire. Given the growth in 
spaces where these practices take place, in spite of (or perhaps in 
reaction to) a cultural context in which sexism is increasingly 
challenged and under threat, a study such as this makes a very necessary 
contribution to the growing field of literature tackling online 
misogyny. This is essential reading for anyone interested in the 
emergence, mechanics and practices of the 'manosphere' and wider 
cultures of and practices of pernicious toxic masculinity." - /John 
Mercer, Professor of Gender and Sexuality, Birmingham Centre for Media 
and Cultural Research/

"A painful, yet highly necessary, read for any feminist and antiracist, 
Johanssen's complex study of the online manosphere illustrates the 
deeply contradictory relationship of misogynistic men to their own 
identities, desires, fantasies, and dis/inhibitions. Through his 
poignant analysis of how misogynistic aggression often hides intense 
insecurity and fragility, Johanssen demonstrates that the world would be 
a better place if misogynistic men--along with everyone else--understood 
what Jacques Lacan emphasized, namely that nobody possesses the phallus, 
that phallic power is a purely illusory construct with no real-life 
referent. A recognition of this simple fact would open a way toward less 
toxic masculinities and a way out of the 'us vs. them' mentality that 
continues to poison the gendered terrain of contemporary life." - /Mari 
Ruti, Distinguished Professor of Critical Theory and of Gender and 
Sexuality Studies, University of Toronto/



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