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The colonization of psychic space : a psychoanalytic social theory of oppression / Kelly Oliver.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Oliver, Kelly, 1958-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Oppression (Psychology).
- Dominance (Psychology).
- Alienation (Philosophy).
- Social psychology.
- Physical Description:
- xxiv, 245 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2004]
- Contents:
- Introduction : why turn to psychoanalysis for a social theory of oppression?
- European alienation as the perverse privilege of the modern subject
- Alienation's double as the burden of the othered subject
- Colonial abjection and the transmission of affect
- Humanism beyond the economy of property
- The fluidity of power
- The affects of oppression
- The depressed sex
- Sublimation and subjectivity
- Idealization, revolt, and singularity
- Forgiveness and subjectivity
- Conclusion : the ethics of psychoanalysis; or, forgiveness as an alternative to alienation.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-232) and index.
- ISBN:
- 081664473X
- 0816644748
- OCLC:
- 55131320
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