{"product_id":"9781800133129-getting-lost","title":"Getting Lost","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReflections on Psychopolitical Isolation and Withdrawal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith contributions from Matthew H. Bowker, Amy Buzby, Jack Fong, Evangelia Galanaki, Jill Gentile, Nathan Gerard, Theofilos Gkinopoulos, Dan Livney, Elliott Schwebachand, and Michael J. Thompson.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe prime example or \u003cem\u003eidée clef\u003c\/em\u003e that unites the chapters of this volume is the experience of the global Covid-19 pandemic from 2019 to 2023, in which we witnessed forms of isolation and withdrawal that meant something more than separation. Withdrawal and isolation work on the self, although they may not do so consciously. Whereas it is possible to be separated from others simply as a matter of fact and from the ‘outside,’ \u003cem\u003eGetting Lost\u003c\/em\u003e focuses on complex internal and psychopolitical processes involving retreat or removal of selves from the worlds of politics, society, and culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen we feel isolated or we withdraw ourselves, something tends to arise in our place: be it a defense system, a constellation of symptoms, or the deeply repressed psychic material giving rise to either or both. Thus, it was not coincidental that, as millions died from Covid, and as millions more experienced severely ‘broken sociality’ in the Covidian world of risk, quarantine, and\/or lockdown, we also found ourselves witnessing explosions of extremism in popular discourse, in large-scale border closures, in encroachments on women’s and reproductive rights, in physical attacks on the Capitol Building in Washington, DC, in domestic and spousal violence and youth suicide, in a war of aggression waged by Russia on Ukraine, and much more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe advance the term ‘psychopolitical isolation and withdrawal’ in order to capture not only temporary periods of isolation but also detachments from reality and perverse attachments to unreality, visible on small and large scales. This partial or perverse facing of our self-experience and shared experience suggests the possibility that the post-Covidian era brings with it altered relationships to both the private and the public home, and, with them, the meanings of citizenship, sociality, publicity, thinking, and being.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlainly put, the impact of Covid-19 worldwide has damaged people’s relationship to reality and we are still coming to terms with and uncovering the many ways in which this manifests. This book aims to signal an immediate, existential threat to psychosocial and political life and to inspire further thinking, debate, and work on these vital topics that affect us all.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55659150967158,"sku":"9781800133129","price":32.77,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_35231821_209fbc6e-5837-49d1-ad5d-dd64687343e6.jpg?v=1752168647","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781800133129-getting-lost","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}