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psychopolitics en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek ψῡχή (psūkhḗ) Ancient Greek ψῡχο- (psūkho-)der. English psycho- English politics English psychopolitics From psycho- + politics.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The interaction between human psychology and politics.
    • By psychopolitics, Sykes means the synthesis of Freudian and neo-Marxian views. 2009, Mark Jarmuth, The Psychology of American Fascism, page 139:
    • Politics too has been transformed in the era of psychopolitics. We’re incapable of conceiving politics as a communal activity because we have become habituated to being consumers rather than citizens. 2017 December 30, Stuart Jeffries, “Psychopolitics: Neoliberalism and New Technologies of Power by Byung-Chul Han – review”, in The Guardian:
    • Psychopolitics is a condition shaped by the human relations school of management, in which social relations take precendence over customers and clients and where process becomes king at the expense of productivity. 2002, Gerald H Gaynor, Innovation by Design, page 65:
    • As O'Meara has shown, the NP would become viewed through the prism of ideology and cod psycho-politics. 2001, Hein Marais, South Africa: Limits to Change, page 16:

Coordinates

biopolitics

Translations (14)

it psicopolitica (interaction between psychology and politics) · bg психополи́тика (interaction between psychology and politics) · ru психополи́тика (interaction between psychology and politics) · sk psychopolitika (interaction between psychology and politics) · es psicopolítica (interaction between psychology and politics) · fi psykopolitiikka (interaction between psychology and politics) · sv psykopolitik (interaction between psychology and politics) · fr psychopolitique (interaction between psychology and politics) · tr psikopolitika (interaction between psychology and politics) · nl psychopolitiek (interaction between psychology and politics) · cs psychopolitika (interaction between psychology and politics) · de Psychopolitik (interaction between psychology and politics) · ro psihopolitică (interaction between psychology and politics) · pt psicopolítica (interaction between psychology and politics)