Dr John Cash
Dr John Cash studied English and Politics in his undergraduate degree at the University of Melbourne and did his doctoral research in Political Science at Yale University. His research interests are in the fields of social and political theory, psychoanalytic studies, the politics of identity and the analysis of contemporary subjectivities. He has a particular interest in the study of conflict in Northern Ireland and other divided societies. His publications include Identity, Ideology and Conflict: the structuration of politics in Northern Ireland (1996) and a series of articles which draw critically on contemporary social and psychoanalytic theory in an attempt to develop novel approaches to the study of entrenched ethnic conflict. He has taught at Universities in the United States and Australia and has been a Visiting Fellow at the University of Ulster in Northern Ireland.
John will be teaching the following subjects in Semester 2 2007: -
- 136-077 Psychoanalysis and Social Theory
- 136-534 Imagined Societies
Contact details:
Rm 146 Old Arts Building
The University of Melbourne
VIC 3010 Australia
T: (03) 8344 6668
E: johndc@unimelb.edu.au
Selected Publications:
- Identity, ideology and conflict: the structuration of politics in Northern Ireland. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1996. (Chapter available online at http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/events/peace/cash.htm)
- "Troubled times: changing the political subject in Northern Ireland" in Valerie Walkerdine (ed.), Challenging Subjects: Critical Psychology for a New Millenium. Houndmills [England]; New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2002
- "Politics, History and the Unconscious" in Joy Damousi & Robert Reynolds (eds.), History on the couch : essays in history and psychoanalysis. Carlton, VIC: Melbourne University Press, 2003
- "The political/cultural unconscious and the process of reconciliation" in Postcolonial Studies: Culture, Politics, Economy. Vol. 7, No. 2, 2004.
- "Inside Footy Mania" with Joy Damousi in Meanjin. Vol. 63, No. 4, 2004.