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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784144903321

Autore

Alschuler Lawrence R. <1941->

Titolo

The psychopolitics of liberation [[electronic resource] ] : political consciousness from a Jungian perspective / / Lawrence R. Alschuler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006

ISBN

1-281-36344-8

9786611363444

0-230-60343-2

Edizione

[1st ed. 2006.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (217 p.)

Disciplina

320.01/9

Soggetti

Political psychology

Jungian psychology

Liberty - Psychological aspects

Indians - Psychology

Indians - Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I Theories of Political Consciousness; 1 Conscientization and Individuation; 2 Humanization and Complexes; 3 Decolonization and Narcissism; 4 Liberated Consciousness and the Tension of Opposites; Part II Cases of Liberated Consciousness; 5 The Study of Political Consciousness in Ethnically Divided Societies; 6 Atanasio; 7 James Sewid; 8 Lee Maracle; 9 Rigoberta Menchú; 10 Psychopolitical Healing; Notes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Sommario/riassunto

Explaining changes in the political consciousness of the oppressed using the ideas of Paulo Freire, Albert Memmi, and Jungian psychology, this original book explores how psychological bonds of oppression are broken and offers a psychopolitical theory for the analysis of the autobiographies of four Native people in Guatemala and Canada.