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The Social Unconscious: A Post-Foulkesian Perspective

Farhad Dalal

North East London Psychotherapy and Counselling Association, farhad.dalal{at}groupanalyticnetwork.co.uk

The paper begins with a critique of orthodox renditions of the social unconscious which (a) retain divisions between a personal sphere and a social sphere, and (b) which are said to be in conflict with each other The ways in which these are instituted in various psychoanalytic and group-analytic theorizations are briefly delineated. Next, the two versions of the social unconscious (an orthodox and a radical) that are found in Foulkes are described. Elias's notion of process reduction is then used to deconstruct the philosophical basis of the orthodox version of the social unconscious. The thoughts of Radical Foulkes are extended by drawing on Elias and Matte-Blanco, bringing the notion of power into the theoretical schema. This is followed by an examinantion of the impact of the notion of power on Foulkes's conception of the communicational field. Finally, the article describes the consequences of the impact of power on the construction of the psyches of individuals as well as interpersonal relations.

Key Words: communicational field • Elias • power • process reduction • social unconscious

Group Analysis, Vol. 34, No. 4, 539-555 (2001)
DOI: 10.1177/0533316401344011
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