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The Social Unconscious Reflected in Politics, Organizations and Groups: A Case of Overseas Group Analysis Training

Bracha Hadar

73, Hertzel St, Kfar-Saba 44213, Israel.

Gila Ofer

Tel Aviv Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis

The aim of this article is to study the impact of parallel processes operating in the overlapping dimensions of history, politics, society, organization, staff and group participants. The focus of the article is the effort to try and make personal sense of and reach a professional understanding of an annihilating, painful process that took place due to combined forces, which will also be examined. These forces, which are of an unconscious, preconscious and conscious character, are very powerful and still exist. Bion's concepts of alpha and beta elements, as applied to organizations, and Nitsun's concept of the anti-group will be discussed as theoretical background that can explain some of the destructive forces. Some moderating factors essential to processes of survival and re-creation and other conclusions will also be discussed.

Key Words: group • Israel • organization • politics • society

Group Analysis, Vol. 34, No. 3, 375-385 (2001)
DOI: 10.1177/05333160122077938
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