Why do we hate? Why do we help? Asylum seekers and ambivalence in contemporary Britain

Gresham College Lectures

Gresham College Lectures
Why do we hate? Why do we help? Asylum seekers and ambivalence in contemporary Britain
Oct 19, 2010
Gresham College
Psychoanalytic theory illuminates the polarised nature of the asylum debate and the powerful feelings for and against refugees. Historic, literary and clinical examples reveal migration as part of human nature and the unconscious forces revolving around the concept of exile.

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