[Air-L] New book: Media and Psychoanalysis – A Critical Introduction

[Jacob Johanssen]

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/

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