ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book sets the stage for developing a psychoanalytic political philosophy by relying, in part, on psychoanalytic developmental perspectives in conversation with political philosophers. It portrays what is necessary for actualizing one’s experience of dwelling, the transition from pre-political to political dwelling and, by contrast, what contributes to experiences of being displaced or psychosocially unhoused. The book offers psychoanalytic considerations as to the unconscious features of sovereignty and how it shapes subjectivity. It identifies three interrelated systemic, global obstacles—obstacles to stemming the tragic trajectory of climate disaster. The book addresses the issue of political violence as a method of change from a psychoanalytic-phenomenological perspective, arguing that political violence, while understandable in some situations, is not justified, whether we are simply addressing interhuman political violence or the political violence directed toward more-than-human species.
