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Fantasy and Political Violence

The Meaning of Anticommunism in Chile

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  1. Margarita Palacios
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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages 1-10
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Margarita Palacios
      Pages 11-24

  3. Understanding Political Violence

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 25-25
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    2. Otherness in Social Theory

      • Margarita Palacios
      Pages 27-35

    3. On Sacredness and Transgression: Understanding Social Antagonism

      • Margarita Palacios
      Pages 37-48

    4. Sexuality and Violence: Towards Feminine Ethics

      • Margarita Palacios
      Pages 49-60

    5. Democracy and Violence

      • Margarita Palacios
      Pages 61-79

    6. Outline of a Theory of Violence

      • Margarita Palacios
      Pages 81-85

  4. The Meaning of Anti-Communism in Chile

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 87-87
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    2. Historical Fantasies: The Right and Left in Chile

      • Margarita Palacios
      Pages 89-101

    3. Metaphors of Hate

      • Margarita Palacios
      Pages 103-114

    4. The Meaning of Anti-Communism in Chile

      • Margarita Palacios
      Pages 115-118

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 119-133
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About this book

Political violence is often understood in terms of rationality and strategic reasoning, or in terms of psychological breakdown due to structural transformations of society. Such approaches, however, allow us to understand only the ´tip of the iceberg´ of a much deeper social phenomenon. Margarita Palacios analyzes political antagonism as expressing meaning and desire while bringing to the fore the paradoxical dynamic of morality and enjoyment which accompanies political violence. Her perspective informed by social theory and psychoanalysis shows the interplay of fear, hate, moral claims, and desire.

This book is valuable reading for researchers and students from the social sciences and humanities, in particular in the fields of sociology, political science, cultural studies, Latin American studies, and the emerging field of psycho-social studies.

About the author

Dr. Margarita Palacios completed her doctoral thesis at the New School for Social Research in New York. She is now a lecturer at the School of Psychosocial Studies at Birkbeck College, University of London.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Fantasy and Political Violence

  • Book Subtitle: The Meaning of Anticommunism in Chile

  • Authors: Margarita Palacios

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-531-91737-5

  • Publisher: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften Wiesbaden

  • eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Science (German Language)

  • Copyright Information: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften | Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, Wiesbaden 2009

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-531-16869-2Published: 13 August 2009

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-531-91737-5Published: 10 December 2009

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 133

  • Topics: Sociology, general, Political Science, Regional and Cultural Studies

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