Psychoanalysis, Technology, and the Future
About the Book Series
This series brings together experts from fields including artificial intelligence, political psychology and social science to explore aspects of the contemporary world through a psychoanalytic lens. Covering topics such as AI, climate change, politics, and social movements, this series considers intersecting concerns and how they impact the future of humanity.
What will psychoanalysis look like in the future? How do people employ primitive mechanisms of defence as they interact with AI devices? How will AI-enhanced social media affect mental health in the future? Will the problems that emerge from social isolation be exacerbated by AI? These are some of the questions this book series will attempt to answer while keeping our Big History in mind.
Using Psychoanalysis to Understand and Address AI Bias: Refractions in the Digital Mirror
1st Edition
By Karyne E. Messina
March 10, 2026
In Using Psychoanalysis to Understand and Address AI Bias: Refractions in the Digital Mirror, Karyne E. Messina uses a psychoanalytic lens to explore the subconscious forces driving AI development. This book provides a unique psychoanalytic framework for understanding how AI systems internalize and...
Madness and the Political Divide
1st Edition
By Allen R. Dyer
January 22, 2026
Madness and the Political Divide draws on psychiatry and ethics in an attempt to understand and bridge the political divide. Allen R. Dyer explores meanings of “madness” in different contexts, from the medical world to a contemporary society of “alternate realities.” Underlying the denial of ...