
Internal Racism
A Psychoanalytic Approach to Race and Difference
M. Fakhry Davids(Author)
Palgrave Macmillan (Publisher)
Published on 1. April 2008
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-0-333-96456-9 (ISBN)
Description
Racism's external forms, from racial assault to petty discrimination, are readily recognized. However, its internal dimensions are easily overlooked: how can we understand what happens in the mind of those engaged in or experiencing racism? This book explores the inner relationship between the self and the socially stereotyped -- 'racial' -- other, providing a clinically derived model of how racist dynamics play out in the mind.
Presenting an original theory of the psychology of racism, it: * Reviews and analyses the existing literature on racism and psychoanalysis, including an extensive study of Frantz Fanon's psychological model * Presents new, in-depth clinical observations of racist interchanges in the consulting room and group settings, and new perspectives on such interchanges in the outside world * Theorizes the way in which the race/class divide is internalized and operates, and considers the relationship between individual and institutional racism * Illustrates how racism can be addressed in group and individual settings Arguing that we cannot work with problems of racism without understanding the inner processes that underpin it, this book is an indispensable tool for trainee and experienced psychoanalysts, psychotherapists and counsellors. Its formulations are directly relevant to professionals and academics working across the boundaries of race in health, medical and social service settings.
Presenting an original theory of the psychology of racism, it: * Reviews and analyses the existing literature on racism and psychoanalysis, including an extensive study of Frantz Fanon's psychological model * Presents new, in-depth clinical observations of racist interchanges in the consulting room and group settings, and new perspectives on such interchanges in the outside world * Theorizes the way in which the race/class divide is internalized and operates, and considers the relationship between individual and institutional racism * Illustrates how racism can be addressed in group and individual settings Arguing that we cannot work with problems of racism without understanding the inner processes that underpin it, this book is an indispensable tool for trainee and experienced psychoanalysts, psychotherapists and counsellors. Its formulations are directly relevant to professionals and academics working across the boundaries of race in health, medical and social service settings.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Basingstoke
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
2, 2 black & white tables
ISBN-13
978-0-333-96456-9 (9780333964569)
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Person
M. FAKHRY DAVIDS is an Honorary Consultant Psychologist at the London Clinic of Psychoanalysis, UK. He also runs a private practice in psychoanalysis and psychotherapy.
Content
Introduction PART I: INTERNAL RACISM Clinical Study of a Racist Attack Theory Established Racist Organisations Analysing Racism in a Group PART II: PSYCHOANALYSIS AND RACISM Frantz Fanon's Contribution Psychoanalysis and Racism: Anti-Semitism White-Black Racism PART III: APPLICATIONS Institutional Racism Concluding Remarks