Postcolonial Theory and Psychoanalysis
From Uneasy Engagements to Effective Critique
Published on 1. January 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
IX, 182 pages
978-1-349-35653-9 (ISBN)
Description
Psychoanalytic theory has been the critical instrument of choice for colonial critics. This book examines why critics who are otherwise suspicious of Western forms of knowledge are drawn to psychoanalytic theories, and whether it is possible to use such theories without reproducing the colonial discourse that also structures psychoanalytic thought.
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Edition
1st ed. 2008
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
IX, 182 p.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
254 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-349-35653-9 (9781349356539)
DOI
10.1057/9780230582958
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From Uneasy Engagements to Effective Critique
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MRINALINI GREEDHARRY was a SSHRCC Doctoral Fellow and British Council ORS Scholar at Goldsmiths, University of London, UK, where she obtained her PhD in 2005. Currently working as an independent scholar, she researches literature as a form of ethico-political critique and lectures regularly on the culture of colonialism.
Content
Introduction: Of Two Minds: The Uneasy Relationship between Postcolonial Theory and Psychoanalysis The Fanonian Psychoanalytic 'None of them is true but all of them are realities': Ashis Nandy's Psychoanalytic Reading of Colonialism Homi Bhabha and the Psychoanalytic Truth Anti-dote - Deleuze and Guattari's Critique of Psychoanalysis Reshaping Postcolonial Relations with Psychoanalysis Index