[Commlist] New book: Media and Psychoanalysis – A Critical Introduction

Media and Psychoanalysis – A Critical Introduction (Karnac Books, London 
2022)

Jacob Johanssen and Steffen Krüger


Our lives are saturated by media that we use in conscious as well as 
unconscious ways. Spanning a wide range of examples, from film and TV to 
social media, from gaming to robots, this critical introduction guides 
readers through the growing field of psychoanalytic media studies in a 
clear and accessible manner. It is an indispensable read for anyone who 
wants to understand the complex relationship between humans and 
technology today.

Jacob Johanssen and Steffen Krüger show how media function beyond the 
rational. What does it mean to speak of narcissism in relation to social 
media? How have the internet and online platforms shaped work? How do 
apps like Tinder and online pornography shape our experience of love and 
sexuality? What are the potentials and pitfalls in our relationships 
with AI and robots? These questions, and many others, are discussed and 
answered in this book.

Aimed at students, academics and clinicians, this book introduces 
readers to key media and the ways they have been approached 
psychoanalytically, and presents major concepts and debates led by 
scholars since the 1970s.

Table of Contents

Introduction

1. Reality and fantasy from film to TV

2. Social media and psychosocial relations

3. Work, neoliberalism and the perverse pact

4. Digital politics and the other

5. Virtual sexuality: from the pre-oedipal to the post-oedipal

6. Videogames, AI and the vicissitudes of symbiosis

Conclusion

Glossary


More information:

https://www.karnacbooks.com/product/media-and-psychoanalysis/96564/ 
<https://www.karnacbooks.com/product/media-and-psychoanalysis/96564/>


Join us on 13 October for a book launch event in central London:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launch-media-and-psychoanalysis-by-jacob-johanssen-and-steffen-kruger-tickets-416691374117 
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