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The falsification of Afrikan consciousness : Eurocentric history, psychiatry, and the politics of white supremacy / Amos N. Wilson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wilson, Amos N.
- Series:
- AWIS lecture series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ethnopsychology--Africa.
- Ethnopsychology.
- Eurocentrism--Africa.
- Eurocentrism.
- Imperialism--Psychological aspects.
- Imperialism.
- Colonies.
- Administration.
- Relations.
- Race relations.
- Africans--Psychology.
- Africans.
- Africa--Historiography.
- Africa.
- Historiography.
- Africa--Race relations.
- Europe--Race relations.
- Europe.
- Africa--Politics and government.
- Politics and government.
- Africa--Relations--Europe.
- Europe--Relations--Africa.
- Europe--Colonies--Africa--Administration.
- Physical Description:
- 139 pages ; 22 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Afrikan World InfoSystems, 1993.
- Summary:
- "[Exposes] the role Eurocentric history-writing plays in rationalizing European oppression of Afrikan peoples and in the falsification of Afrikan consciousness ... [and contends] that the alleged mental and behavioral maladaptiveness of oppressed Afrikan peoples is a political-economic necessity for the maintenance of White domination and imperialism."--Back cover.
- Contents:
- European historiography and oppression exposed : an Afrikan analysis and perspective
- Eurocentric political dogmatism : its relationship to the mental health diagnosis of Afrikan people
- The political psychology of Black consciousness.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1879164027
- OCLC:
- 29859652
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