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Whilst fantasy is often seen as antipathetic to social movements, this book argues that fantasy plays a central role in activism. Drawing on the psychoanalytic theories of Freud, Klein, and Lacan, and psychosocial theories inspired by them, Fantasy and Social Movements examines the relationships between fantasy, reality, action, the unconscious and the collective. It makes a case for distinguishing between various 'modes of fantasy', all of which configure these relationships in different ways. Illustrated by a case study of activists supporting the exploration, development, and settlement of outer space, the theoretical arguments provide a platform for a critical psychosocial reworking of contemporary social movement theory, and for redeveloping a typology of social movements.