03458oam 2200505 450 991048367800332120230629234634.03-030-55470-810.1007/978-3-030-55470-5(CKB)4100000011515649(MiAaPQ)EBC6380882(DE-He213)978-3-030-55470-5(EXLCZ)99410000001151564920210416d2021 uy 0engurnn|008mamaatxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe psychosocial imaginaries of defence nationalism far-right extremism in Australia and the UK /Liam Gillespie1st ed. 2021.Cham, Switzerland :Palgrave Macmillan,[2021]©20211 online resource (XI, 259 p. 7 illus., 6 illus. in color.) Studies in the psychosocial3-030-55469-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Chapter 1: Scenes of Violence -- Chapter 2: Ironic Indigeneity -- Chapter 3: The Laws of Inclusion and Exclusion -- Chapter 4: “In hoc signo vinces” -- Chapter 5: The Body as Real – Nostalgia Without Memory -- Chapter 6: Violent (Con)fusions of the Body -- Chapter 7: Imagined Immunity -- Chapter 8: Sovereign Bodies Unto Themselves.The Psychosocial Imaginaries of Defence Nationalism interrogates the emergence of far-right nationalist 'defence leagues' in Australia and the UK. Throughout the book, Liam Gillespie refers to these groups as defence nationalists: that is, as nationalists who imagine themselves as defenders of the nation and therefore national subjects par excellence. Drawing on original research, psychoanalytic and psychosocial theory—and particularly the work of Jacques Lacan—the author explores the narratives, imaginaries and subjectivities that sustain these groups, as well as the narratives, imaginaries and subjectivities these groups sustain. He argues that unlike other nationalist groups, defence nationalists are not primarily concerned with realising their avowed political projects. Instead, they are concerned with constructing and then enjoying themselves as the nation's self-ordained defenders. This means that which threatens the nation can paradoxically have a fortifying effect upon defence nationalists, legitimising and securing both the way they see themselves, and the position they see themselves occupying with/in the nation. The Psychosocial Imaginaries of Defence Nationalism will be of interest to anyone concerned with critical theorisations of contemporary nationalism, as well as with the application of psychoanalytic and psychosocial theory to social, cultural and political analysis. Liam Gillespie holds a Ph.D. from the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Melbourne, Australia.Studies in the psychosocial.NationalismAustraliaNationalismPsychological aspectsNationalismGreat BritainNationalismNationalismPsychological aspects.Nationalism150.195092Gillespie Liam1074239MiAaPQMiAaPQUtOrBLWBOOK9910483678003321The psychosocial imaginaries of defence nationalism2572029UNINA