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Autore: |
Oliver Kelly <1958->
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Titolo: |
The colonization of psychic space [[electronic resource] ] : a psychoanalytic social theory of oppression / / Kelly Oliver
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Pubblicazione: | Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c2004 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (272 p.) |
Disciplina: | 302.5/4 |
Soggetto topico: | Oppression (Psychology) |
Dominance (Psychology) | |
Alienation (Philosophy) | |
Social psychology | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-232) and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Introduction : why turn to psychoanalysis for a social theory of oppression? -- Alienation as the perverse privilege of the modern subject -- Alienation's double as the burden of the othered subject -- Colonial abjection and transmission of affect -- Humanism beyond the economy of property -- Fluidity of power -- The affects of oppression -- The depressed sex -- Sublimation and idealization -- Revolt and singularity -- Forgiveness and subjectivity -- Conclusion : ethics of psychoanalysis; or, forgiveness as an alternative to alienation. |
Sommario/riassunto: | Eloquently arguing that we cannot explain the development of individuality or subjectivity apart from its social context, Kelly Oliver makes a powerful case for recognizing the social aspects of alienation and the psychic aspects of oppression.Oliver explores the ways in which the alienation unique to oppression leads to depression or violence; and how these affects can be transformed into agency, individuality, solidarity, and community. |
Titolo autorizzato: | The colonization of psychic space ![]() |
ISBN: | 0-8166-9671-3 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910451363503321 |
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