Professor Simon Clarke
Director of the Centre for Psycho-Social Studies
BA(Hons), MSc, PhD, PG Cert HE, FHEA
Simon is author of several books which include: Social Theory, Psychoanalysis and Racism (2003); From Enlightenment to Risk: Social Theory and Modern Societies 2005); Emotion, Politics and Society (2006); Researching Beneath the Surface (2009) and White Identities: A Critical Sociological Approach (2009). Simon is Consulting Editor of the international journal Psychoanalysis, Culture & Society published by Palgrave Macmillan Journals. He has just completed (with Steve Garner) a major ESRC research project which looks at new forms of identity construction in contemporary Britain.
Research Interests
Social and Psychoanalytic Theory, in particular the interface between sociology and Kleinian and post Kleinian thinking; Psychoanalytic Sociology; Racism and Ethnic Hatred; The Sociology of Emotions and Psycho-Social Research Methods
Modules
Psychoanalysis and the Sociology of Racism (Module Leader)
MSc Racism and Other Hatreds (Module Leader)
MSc Doctoral Research Methods Project (Module Leader)
MSc Researching beneath the Surface
Masters supervision and PhD Supervision
Publications
Books
Clarke, S. and Garner, S. (2009) White Identities: A Critical Sociological Approach. London: Pluto. ISBN: 0-745-32748-6 Paperback, ISBN: 0-745-32749-4 Hardback.
Clarke, S. and Hoggett, P. (2009) Researching Beneath the Surface. London: Karnac Books. ISBN: 1-855-75618-8.
Clarke, S., Hahn, H. and Hoggett, P. (2008) Object Relations and Social Relations: The Implications of the Relational Turn in Psychoanalysis. London: Karnac Books. ISBN: 1-855-75563-7
Clarke, S., Hoggett, P. and Thompson, S. (2006). Emotion, Politics & Society. London: Palgrave. ISBN 1-403-99681-4
Clarke, S. (2005) From Enlightenment to Risk: Social Theory and Contemporary Society. London and New York: Palgrave. ISBN: 1-403-93953-5. Paperback, ISBN: 1-403-93952-7 Hardback.
Clarke, S. (2003) Social Theory, Psychoanalysis and Racism. London and New York: Palgrave. ISBN:0-333-96118-8. Paperback, ISBN 0-333-96117-X Hardback.
Book Sections
Clarke, S. and Hoggett, P. (2009) Researching Beneath the Surface: A Psycho-Social Approach to Research Method and Practice. In Clarke, S. and Hoggett, P. (2009) Researching Below the Surface. London: Karnac. pp. 1-26
Clarke, S., Garner, S. and Gilmour, R. (2009). Imagining the ‘Other’/Figuring Encounter: White English Middle Class and Working Class Identifications. In Wetherell, M. (ed) Identity in the 21st Century: New Trends in Changing Times. London: Palgrave. pp 139-156
Clarke, S. (2009). Thinking Psycho-Socially About Difference: Ethnicity, Community and Emotion. In Sclater, S et al (eds) Emotion: New Psychosocial Perspectives. London: Palgrave. pp.111-122
Clarke, S. (2008). Psycho-Social Research: Relating Self, Identity and Otherness. In Clarke, S., Hahn, H. and Hoggett, P. (eds) Object Relations and Social Relations: The Implications of the Relational Turn in Psychoanalysis. London: Karnac Books. pp. 113-135.
Clarke, S. (2008) Culture and Identity. In Bennett, T. and Frow, J. (eds) Handbook of Cultural Analysis. London: Sage. pp. 510-529.
Clarke, S., Garner, S., and Gilmour, R. (2007). Home, Identity and Community Cohesion. In M. Wetherell, M. Lafleche and R. Berkeley (eds) Identity, Ethnic Diversity and Community Cohesion. London: The Runnymede Trust/ Sage Publications. pp. 87-101
Clarke, S. (2006) Envy and Ressentiment. In Clarke, S., Hoggett, P. and Thompson, S. (eds) Emotion, Politics & Society. London: Palgrave.
Clarke, S. (2002). The Stranger in Phantasy: Towards a Psychoanalytic Sociology of the Human Imagination. In Wilton, T. (ed) Trialogue. pp. 108-123. Bristol: UWE Publications. ISBN: 1-86043-350
Refereed Journal Articles
Clarke, S., Hahn, H., Hoggett, P. and Sideris, T. (2006). Psychoanalysis and Community. Psychoanalysis, Culture & Society. pp. 199-216. Palgrave Macmillan Journals. ISSN:1088-0763.
Clarke, S. (2006). Theory and Practice: Psychoanalytic Sociology as Psycho-Social Studies. Sociology. 40 (6) pp. 1153-1169. Sage Publications. ISSN: 0038-0385.
Clarke, S. and Garner, S. (2005). Psychoanalysis, Identity and Asylum. Psychoanalysis, Culture & Society. 10 (2), pp. 197-206. Palgrave Macmillan Journals. ISSN:1088-0763. (Paper supported by ESRC Grant: RES-148-25-003)
Clarke, S. (2004). Love and Hate in an Age of Reason: Philosophy, Psychoanalysis and Terrorism. Free Associations. Vol 11 (3) No 59. pp. 430-446. Karnac Books. ISSN:0267-0887. Paper supported by a British Academy Grant (number OCG37571).
Clarke, S. and Hoggett, P. (2004). The Empire of Fear: The American Political Psyche and the Culture of Paranoia. Psychodynamic Practice. Vol 10 (1) pp. 89-105. Routledge. ISSN 1475-3634.
Clarke, S. (2004) The Concept of Envy: Primitive Drives, Social Encounters and Ressentiment. Psychoanalysis, Culture & Society. Vol. 9 (1) pp. 105-117. Palgrave. Macmillan Journals. ISSN:1088-0763.
Clarke, S. (2003) Psychoanalytic Sociology and the Interpretation of Emotion. Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour. Vol. 33 (2). pp. 143-161. Blackwell Publishers. ISSN: 0021-8308.
Clarke, S. and Moran, A. (2003) The Uncanny Stranger: Haunting the Australian Settler Imagination. Free Associations. Vol 10 (2) No 54. pp. 165-189. Karnac Books. ISSN:0267-0887.
Clarke, S. (2002). On Strangers: Phantasy, Terror and the Human Imagination. Journal of Human Rights. 1 (3) pp 1-11. Carfax/Taylor and Francis. ISSN:1475-4835.
Clarke, S (2002). Learning From Experience: Psycho-Social Research Methods in the Social Sciences. Qualitative Research. 2 (2). pp. 173-194 Sage Publications. ISSN:1468-7941.
Clarke, S. (2002). Identificação Projetiva: Do Ataque à Empatia? Nuances: Estudos Sobre Educacao. 8 (1). Pp. 11-31. UNESP. ISSN 1413-9855. (Trans. Ana Archangelo Guimaraes and Cristiano Di Giorgi)
Clarke, S. (2002) From Aesthetics to Object Relations: Situating Klein in the Freudian Uncanny. Free Associations. 8 (4) No 48. pp. 547-560. Karnac Books. ISSN:0267-0887.
Clarke, S. (2001) Projective Identification: From Attack to Empathy? Journal of Kleinian Studies. Vol 2. pp1-30. ISSN 1499-0970
Clarke, S. (2001). The Kleinian Position: Phantasy, Splitting and the Language of Psychic Violence. Journal for the Psychoanalysis of Culture and Society. 6(2) pp. 289-297. Ohio State University Press. ISSN:1088-0763.
Clarke, S (2000) Psychoanalysis, Psycho-Existentialism and Racism. Psychoanalytic Studies. 2 (4). pp. 343-355. Carfax/ Taylor and Francis. ISSN: 1460-8952.
Clarke, S. and Bird, J. (2000) Projective Identification, Empathic Resonance and Psychic Violence: African Caribbean Boys and School Exclusion. Journal for the Psychoanalysis of Culture and Society. 5 (2). pp. 330-336. Ohio State University Press. ISSN:1088-0763
Clarke, S. (2000) Experiencing Racism in Higher Education. Journal of Socio-Analysis. 2 (1) pp. 47-63. Swinburne University Press.
ISSN 1442-4444.
Clarke, S. (2000) On White researchers and Black Respondents. Journal for the Psychoanalysis of Culture and Society. 5 (1). pp 145-151. Ohio State University Press. ISSN:1088-0763.
Clarke, S. and Bird, J. (1999). Racism, Hatred and Discrimination through the Lens of Projective Identification. Journal for the Psychoanalysis of Culture and Society. 4 (2). pp. 158-161. Ohio State University Press. ISSN:1088-0763
Clarke, S. (1999). Splitting Difference: Psychoanalysis, Hatred and Exclusion. Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour. 29. (1). pp. 21-35. Blackwell Publishers. ISSN: 0021-8308
Articles and Editorials
Clarke, S, Gilmour, R, Garner, S. (2007). Fact Sheet: Mobility and Unsettlement: New Identity Construction in Contemporary Britain. For The Commission on Integration and Cohesion. ESRC Grant: RES-148-25-003
Clarke, S, Gilmour, R, Garner, S. (2006) Project Report: Mobility and Unsettlement: New Identity Construction in Contemporary Britain. Report distributed to participants in project. ESRC Grant: RES-148-25-003
Clarke, S, Gilmour, R, Garner, S. (2006). Project report contribution to Wetherall, M, report to the PM, Downing Street. Reflections on Integration and Diversity. ESRC Grant: RES-148-25-003
Clarke, S and Layton, L. (2005). Editorial Comment. Psychoanalysis, Culture & Society. Vol 10. (3). Palgrave Macmillan Journals. ISSN:1088-0763.
Clarke, S. and Garner, S. (2004). Identity, Home and Asylum: A Psycho-Social Perspective. Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC): Identities and Social Action Programme. Working Paper. Project RES-148-25-043. http://www.open.ac.uk/socialsciences/identities/identity_home_asylum.pdf
Clarke, S. and Layton, L. (2004). Editorial Comment: Psychoanalysis, Culture & Society. Psychoanalysis, Culture & Society. Vol 9 (1). Palgrave Macmillan Journals. ISSN:1088-0763.
Clarke, S. and Brina, C. (2003) 'Bridging the Gap' LTSN C-SAP funded project national report. (refereed research project).
Clarke, S. (2003). Psychoanalysis, Society and the Psycho-Social. Journal of Psycho-Social Studies. Vol 2 (2). ISSN: 1478-6737.
Clarke, S. and Bird, J. (2003) A Tribute to Ian Craib. Journal of Psycho-Social Studies. Vol 2 (1). ISSN: 1478-6737.
Clarke, S. (2002) Editorial: Psycho-Social Studies: A new e-journal. Journal of Psycho-Social Studies (online) 1 (1). ISSN: 1478-6737.
Clarke, S., Figlio, K. and Bird, J. (2002). Cultural Marxism, Institutional Alliances and Teaching Psychoanalysis: Psychoanalytic and Psycho-Social Studies in the United Kingdom. Journal for the Psychoanalysis of Culture and Society. 8 (2). pp. 322-328. Ohio State University Press. ISSN:1088-0763.
Clarke, S and Hoggett, P. (2001) Guest Editorial Column: Psycho-Social Studies. Journal for the Psychoanalysis of Culture and Society. 6 (1) Ohio State University Press. ISSN:1088-0763
Clarke, S and Korovilas, J. (2001) A Note from Pristina: A Tale of Two Cities. Journal for the Psychoanalysis of Culture and Society. 6 (1). pp 138-142. Ohio State University Press. ISSN:1088-0763.
Clarke, S. (2000) Psycho-Social Studies, Racism and Ethnic Hatred. Clio's Psyche: Understanding the Why of Culture, Current Events, History, and Society. 6 (4). pp.143-145. The Psychohistory Forum. ISSN 1080-2622.
Reviews
Clarke, S (2006) Review. Hansen, S., McHoul, A. and Rapley, M. (2003). Beyond Help: A Consumers’ Guide to Psychology. Ross on Wye: PCCS Books. For Psychotherapy and Politics International. Vol 4 (1)
Clarke, S (2005) Review. Fernando, S. (2003). Cultural Diversity, Mental Health and Psychiatry: The Struggle Against Racism. London: Brunner Routledge. For Psychotherapy and Politics International. Vol 3(2).
Clarke, S. (2004) Review. Totten, N. (2000) Psychotherapy and Politics. London: Routledge. For Psychotherapy and Politics International. Vol 2 (1)
Clarke, S. (2003) Review. Dalal, F. (2002) Race, Colour and the Process of Racialization: New Perspectives from Group Analysis, Psychoanalysis and Sociology. London: Brunner Routledge. For Organisational and Social Dynamics. Vol 3 (2)
Clarke, S. (2003) Review: Seshadri-Crooks, K. (2000) Desiring Whiteness: A Lacanian Analysis of Race. London: Routledge. For Journal of Psycho-Social Studies. Vol 2 (1).
Clarke, S. (2002). Review: Craib, I. (2001) Psychoanalysis: A Critical Introduction. London: Polity. For Free Associations. Vol 51 pp. 479-482. Karnac Books. ISSN:0267-0887
Clarke, S. (2001) Review: Hockenos, P (1994) Free to Hate: The Rise of the Right in Post-Communist Eastern Europe. New York: Routledge. For The Journal of Psychohistory. The Psychohistory Press.
Clarke, S. (2000) Review: Elliott, A. (1999) Psychoanalysis and Social Theory in Transition. London: Free Association Books for Psychoanalytic Studies. Vol 2,(3). Carfax/ Taylor and Francis.
Conference Papers, Seminar Papers and Guest Lectures
Clarke, S (2008). The Ethics of Psycho-Social Research. Invited paper. Ethics in an Age of Diminishing Distance: The Clash of Difference. Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA and the Association for the Psychoanalysis of Culture and Society. 24th – 26th October.
Clarke, S. (2008). Thinking Psychoanalytically About Social Problems: Theory, Method and Practice. Invited Guest Speaker. Institute for Law, Politics and Justice. Keele University. 9th May.
Clarke, S. (2007). Psychoanalytically-informed psychosocial research: three examples of data analysis.Invited plenary paper. Hope for Hard Times: Hope, Alienation and Activism Conference. Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA and the Association for the Psychoanalysis of Culture and Society. 2nd -4th November.
Clarke, S. (2007) Reflections of Whiteness. Invited Guest speaker. Department of Sociology, School of Behavioural Sciences, University of Surrey. 1st March.
Clarke, S. (2007). Community and Identity in Contemporary Britain: Some reflections of Whiteness. Invited guest speaker. Department of Applied Social Science. University of Durham. 14th February.
Clarke, S. (2007). The Problem of Method. Presentation. ESRC Psycho-Social Study Group. London Metropolitan University. 12th February.
Clarke, S. (2006). The Problem of Method: Billy and Me. Guest Lecture. Centre for Psycho-Social Studies, University of the West of England. 15th November.
Clarke, S. (2006). Psycho-Social Research Methodology and Social Change. Invited plenary paper. Psychoanalysis and Social Change Conference. Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA and the Association for the Psychoanalysis of Culture and Society. 20th-22th October.
Clarke, S (2006). Neighbourhoods, Communities and Conflict Strand: Mobility and Unsettlement: New Identity Construction in Contemporary Britain. ESRC Identities and Social Action Annual conference. Birmingham. 11th-12th July.
Clarke, S. (2006).Response to Wendy Hollway: The Importance of Relational Thinking in the Practice of Psycho-Social Research. Respondent. Relational Thinking: Connecting Psychoanalysis, Institutions and Society Conference. Centre for Psycho-Social Studies, University of the West of England 17th – 18th June.
Clarke, S. (2006). Home, Identity and Community Cohesion: Some Methodological Dilemmas and Theoretical Assumptions. Invited guest lecture. School of Sociology, Politics and Law. University of Plymouth. 9th February. (Paper supported by ESRC Grant: RES-148-25-003)
Clarke, S. (2005). Psychoanalysis and Community. Invited plenary paper. Community and Psychoanalysis Conference. Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA and the Association for the Psychoanalysis of Culture and Society. 4th-6th November.
Clarke, S. and Garner, S. (2005). Home, Community and Identity. Invited paper. Centre for Critical Theory, University of the West of England. Talks@ The Watershed. Watershed Multimedia Centre, Bristol. 12th October. (Paper supported by ESRC Grant: RES-148-25-003)
Clarke, S. (2005). Community and Identity. Invited Guest Speaker. Identity, Ethnic Diversity and Community Cohesion. Runnymede Trust and ESRC Roundtable. Royal Geographical Society. London. 21st September. (Paper supported by ESRC Grant: RES-148-25-003)
Clarke, S. and Hoggett, P. (2005). Pyscho-Social Research Methods in the Social Sciences. Invited plenary paper. Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. 20th –27th August.
Clarke, S. (2005) From the Frankfurt School to Fanon: Thinking about Ethnic Hatred Psychoanalytically. Invited plenary paper. Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. 20th –27th August.
Clarke, S. (2005). Asylum and the Inner World: The Media and the Politics of Fear. Plenary conference paper. Psycho-Social Perspectives on Race and Ethnicity Conference. Centre for Psycho-Social Studies. University of the West of England. 7th May.
Clarke, S. (2005). Affective Economies of Racism. Invited Discussant. Flesh and Blood: Psychoanalysis, Politics, Resistance Conference. Institute of Social Psychology. London School of Economics and Political Science. London. 20th – 22nd April.
Clarke, S. (2005). Identity and Asylum. Invited Guest Lecture. School of Sociology Seminar Series, University of Birmingham. 1st Feb. (Paper supported by ESRC Grant: RES-148-25-003)
Clarke, S. and Garner, S. (2004). A Fieldnote On the Construction of Whiteness in Contemporarary Britain. Guest Lecture. Centre for Psycho-Social Studies, University of the West of England. 8th December. (Paper supported by ESRC Grant: RES-148-25-003)
Clarke, S. (2004) Psychoanalysis, Identity and Asylum: The Construction of Whiteness in Contemporary Britain. Conference paper. Psychoanalysis and Democracy conference. State University of New York, Department of English, Association for the Psychoanalysis of Culture and Society, and Columbia University, New York, New York. USA, 15th-17th October. (Paper supported by ESRC Grant: RES-148-25-003)
Clarke, S. (2004) Haunting the Imagination: Racism and Psychoanalysis. Invited Guest Lecture. School of Health and Related Research, Mental Health Section. University of Sheffield. 18th Sept.
Clarke, S. (2004). Love and Hate in an Age of Reason. Conference Paper. Identity, Group Psychology and Violence: On the Emergence of Love and Rage in Human Networks. The Washington School of Psychiatry and the George Washington University, Washington DC, USA. 21st – 23rd May. Research supported by a British Academy Grant (number OCG37571)
Clarke, S. (2003). Envy and Projective Identifications. Invited Guest Lecture. Department of Psychoanalysis and Clinical Consulting. University of Ghent, Belgium. 4th Dec.
Clarke, S. and Hoggett, P. (2003). The Empire of Fear. Invited Guest Lecture. The Institute of Group Analysis. London, UK. Nov 1st.
Clarke, S. (2003) Psychoanalysis, Culture and Society: A New Journal. Sociology Mini Conference. School of Sociology, UWE. 2nd May 2003.
Clarke, S. (2003). Apocalypse Now: Paranoid Governments and Disappearing Bodies. Conference Paper. Centre for Critical Theory: Governing Bodies, University of the West of England. 1st May 2003.
Clarke, S. (2003) Psycho-Social Research Methods. Opening Conference Address: What Are Psycho-Social Research Methods. Centre for Psycho-Social Studies. University of the West of England. 25th January 2003.
Clarke, S. (2002) Envy: A Reciprocal Exchange of a Social Encounter, or Ressentiment? Conference Paper: Association for the Psychoanalysis of Culture and Society: Annual Conference, University of Pennsylvania, USA, 24th-26th October, 2002
Clarke, S. (2002) On Genocide: Crimes Against Our Humanity. Guest Lecture. School of Cultural and Media Studies. UWE, Bristol. 25th April.
Clarke, S. (2002) Racism and Other Hatreds. Conference paper: Centre for Psycho-Social Studies Launch Conference. January 19th, City of Bristol College, New College Green Centre.
Clarke, S., Price, H., Figlio, K., and Bird, J. (2001) Psychoanalytic and Psycho-Social Studies in the United Kingdom. Invited Plenary panel. APCS Conference: Psychoanalysis Across the Disciplines, Rutgers University, USA. 9th – 11th Nov.
Clarke, S. (2001) Projective Identification and the Sociology of the Imagination. Conference paper. APCS Conference: Psychoanalysis Across the Disciplines, Rutgers University, USA. 9th – 11th Nov.
Clarke, S. (2001) Psycho-Social Studies. Conference paper: The Power of Three, Academic Conference. University of the West of England. 22nd Sept.
Clarke, S. (2001) The Frankfurt School: Paranoid Projection and the Persecuted Other Invited Guest Lecture. Centre for Psychotherapeutic Studies, University of Sheffield. 17th Sept.
Clarke, S. (2001) Psychoanalysis and the Sociology of the Imagination. Conference paper. ‘Human Frailty: Rights, Ethics and the Search for Global Justice’ Faculty of Social and Political Science, University of Cambridge and the Centre for Critical Theory, UWE. 6th-7th Sept 2001.
Clarke, S and Bird, J.(2000) The Unintended Consequences of Well Intended Action. Conference Paper: Association for the Psychoanalysis of Culture and Society Annual Conference: University of California, Santa Barbra, USA. 2nd-6th Nov.
Journal Editorships
Clarke, S. (2009-) Consulting Editor: Psychoanalysis, Culture and Society. London: Palgrave
Clarke, S. (2003-2008) Editor: Psychoanalysis, Culture and Society. London: Palgrave
Clarke, S. (2002-) Editor: Journal of Psycho-Social Studies (online).
Clarke, S. (2001-2003) Associate Editor: Journal for the Psychoanalysis of Culture and Society. Ohio State University Press.
Journal Reviewer
Qualitative Research Sage Publications
Organisational and Social Dynamics Karnac Books
Organisation and Environment Sage
British Politics and International Relations Sage
Psychotherapy and Politics International Whurr
Psychoanalytic Studies Carfax/Taylor and Francis
Psychoanalysis, Culture & Society Palgrave Macmillan
Journal of Psycho-Social Studies
Free Associations Karnac Books
Sociology, Sage Publications
Theory, Culture & Critque Carfax/Taylor and Francis
Other
2004 ESRC Grant £100, 200 (£100k) RES-148-25-003 Mobility and unsettlement: new identity construction in contemporary Britain. Identities and Social Action Programme. With Dr Steve Garner.
2005 External Examiner: University of Sheffield, Department of Medicine, School of Health and Related Research. MA Psychoanalytic Studies.
2004 British Academy Grant (number OCG37571) £500.
External funding: £4000 for project ‘Bridging the Gap’, 2002-2003. Funding body C-SAP (LTSN). With Carolyn Brina.
Manuscript reviewer: Palgrave Macmillan Books – UK and USA.
Member of the Board of Directors of the American Association for the Pyschoanalysis of Culture and Society (APCS).
