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Record Nr.

UNINA9910300628903321

Autore

Gibson Danjuma G

Titolo

Frederick Douglass, a Psychobiography : Rethinking Subjectivity in the Western Experiment of Democracy / / by Danjuma G. Gibson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2018

ISBN

9783319752297

3319752294

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (197 pages)

Collana

Black Religion/Womanist Thought/Social Justice, , 2945-6983

Disciplina

973.8092

Soggetti

Black theology

African Americans

Culture

Africa - Politics and government

Counseling

Psychology and religion

Black Theology

African American Culture

African Politics

Counseling Psychology

Psychology of Religion and Spirituality

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction -- 2. The Intersubjective-Matrix of the Slavocracy: Experiencing the World of Frederick Douglass -- 3. Reimagining Black Subjectivity: A Psychoanalysis of Frederick Douglass -- 4. A New Birth: Agency Over Body and Sacred Spaces of Play -- 5. The Force of Being, Life-Stories, and the Counter-Narrative: A Brief Comment on Cultural Trauma and Resiliency in Personal Testimony -- 6. A Constructive Theology of Deliverance: Redeeming the Internal Force of Being -- 7. Remembering, Lament, and Public Ritual: Redeeming the Democratic Experiment. .

Sommario/riassunto

In the extreme context of the American slavocracy, how do we account



for the robust subjectivity and agency of Frederick Douglass? In an environment of extremity, where most contemporary psychological theory suggests the human spirit would be vanquished, how did Frederick Douglass emerge to become one of the most prolific thinkers of the 19th century? To address this question, this book engages in a psychoanalytic examination of all four of Frederick Douglass’ autobiographies. Danjuma Gibson examines when, how, and why Douglass tells his story in the manner he does, how his story shifts and takes shape with each successive autobiography, and the resulting psychodynamic, pastoral, and practical theological implications.