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Shameful and shameless: Projecting triumph and humiliation in the Brexit era; a psychosocial-group methodological approach.

Yates, C. and MacRury, I., 2022. Shameful and shameless: Projecting triumph and humiliation in the Brexit era; a psychosocial-group methodological approach. In: Gerodimos, R., ed. Interdisciplinary applications of shame/violence theory. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, 245-265.

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-05570-6

Abstract

This chapter explores data emerging from a series of reflective psychosocial group-based explorations of emotional experiences of 'Leavers' and ‘Remainers' that were held in an English coastal town following the result of the Brexit referendum in 2016. We propose that the group method deployed in that project enabled an intimate insight into underlying structures of feeling constituting psychosocial and political life in the UK 2016-2018. Specifically, the work of the groups highlights powerful psychosocial dynamics related to a lack of emotional containment including prevalent expressions of 'shame' as theorised by James Gilligan (1996; 1999; 2003).We draw on these conceptualisations, and complementary psychoanalytic and cultural-philosophical accounts of shame and guilt (Akhtar, 2018; Benedict, 1946) further support our analytic approach. The chapter examines the ramifications of the winner/loser outcome structured into the referendum-as-political mechanism, one at risk of becoming firmly instituted in post-Brexit politics.

Item Type:Book Section
ISBN:978-3-031-05569-0
Number of Pages:20
Uncontrolled Keywords:shame; Brexit; psychosocial group method; political shame
Group:Faculty of Media & Communication
ID Code:37753
Deposited By: Symplectic RT2
Deposited On:15 Nov 2022 16:14
Last Modified:15 Nov 2022 16:14

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