Event of Psychopoetics: Imagination and the Rupture of Psychology

The Event of Psychopoetics explores the concept of psychopoetics, a sociopsychological phenomenon that occurs through re-creative slips in everyday interaction, influenced by cultural conditions and power relations. It examines the thought of Deleuze, Guattari, Agamben, Maffesoli, Foucault, Butler, Haraway, and Braidotti, addressing debates in psychology and its methods of subjectivization and normalization. The book combines academic rigor with creative ideas, offering reflection on interlocution, social existence, and the relationship between subjectivity and power. Ideal for students, instructors, and researchers in philosophy, social psychology, sociological thought, discourse studies, literary theory, and cultural analysis.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 170 pages
Publication date: 31 August 2021
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

The Event of Psychopoetics delves into the concept of psychopoetics, a sociopsychological phenomenon that encompasses re-creative slips and arises under specific cultural conditions and power dynamics within everyday interactions. This transdisciplinary text guides the reader through the intellectual journeys of Deleuze, Guattari, Agamben, Maffesoli, Foucault, Butler, Haraway, and Braidotti, among others, engaging in critical debates that are central to the critique of psychology and its techniques of subjectivization and normalization. Garcia adopts a distinctive approach by exploring how psychopoetics contrasts with institutionalized dialogues, while consistently highlighting the generative and transformative potential of social worlds enacted through the spontaneous interplay of poetics. The book seamlessly blends rigorous academic research with imaginative presentations of ideas, offering a rich tapestry of reflections on everyday interlocution and its boundless possibilities for reinvention, modes of social existence, and the intricate relationship between subjectivity and power structures.

A truly captivating reading experience, this book appeals to students, instructors, and researchers in the domains of philosophy, social psychology, sociological thought, discourse studies, literary theory, and cultural analysis.

Weight: 236g
Dimension: 138 x 215 x 24 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367654016