Fanon Psychoanalysis And Critical Decolonial Psychology The Mind Of Apartheid | Psychology

This groundbreaking book examines the psychological dimension of decolonial thought in reference to foundational texts. Previously published as A Critical Psychology of the Postcolonial this new edition foregrounds the central role of Fanon’s psychology. Highlighting the contributions of anti-colonial authors to the theorization of racism and oppression the book demonstrates the pertinence of postcolonial and decolonial thought for critical social psychology and psychoanalysis via an investigation of a series of key topics. It explores the psychology of embodiment and racialization resistance strategies to oppression extra-discursive facets of racism the phobogenic and sexual dimensions of anti-Blackness and the roles of desire fantasy and unconscious in ideologies of racism. The book makes a distinctive contribution through discussing the work of authors drawn from anti-apartheid psychoanalytic and critical social theory traditions including Steve Biko J.M. Coetzee Frantz Fanon Julia Kristeva Chabani Manganyi and Slavoj Żiżek. This second edition continues to showcase a crucial set of critical resources for an anti-racist (decolonial) agenda and is fully updated with new discussion references and images with a new chapter on desire fantasy and apartheid ideology to strengthen the book’s engagement with apartheid racism. This is an invaluable text not only for students of critical social psychology psychoanalysis and sociology but for students enrolled in courses on race racism or decolonial studies. It will also appeal to postgraduates academics and anyone interested in psychoanalysis in relation to societal and political issues. |Fanon Psychoanalysis and Critical Decolonial Psychology The Mind of Apartheid | Psychology