What Does Narrative Criminology Narrate?: The Necessity of (Re)Turning to Unconscious Affects
Routledge International Handbook of Criminology and Affect, Susan Dewey,Britanny Vandeberg, Editör, Taylor & Francis Ltd, New York, ss.285-296, 2026
- Yayın Türü: Kitapta Bölüm / Araştırma Kitabı
- Basım Tarihi: 2026
- Doi Numarası: 10.4324/9781003543213-32
- Yayınevi: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Basıldığı Şehir: New York
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.285-296
- Editörler: Susan Dewey,Britanny Vandeberg, Editör
- Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
This chapter discusses the critical role of affective investments and displacements in shaping offenders’ narratives, arguing that their rhetorical and expressive choices, though seemingly intentional and strategic, are remarkably influenced by unconscious processes. It suggests a syncretic criminological approach that integrates language, affect and the unconscious, underpinning the necessity of narrative and psychosocial approaches’ epistemological and methodological alignment with psychoanalytically inflected discourse analysis. Instead of merely analysing traditional storytelling and free association, the research focus should be on offenders’ affective grip within discourse through which fantasmatic objects and images motivate criminogenic identifications and behaviours. The chapter suggests moving beyond merely interpreting what offenders’ narratives signify, towards uncovering the desires, fantasies and enjoyments that drive criminal performance.