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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Alschuler, Lawrence R., 1941-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political psychology.

Jungian psychology.

Liberty--Psychological aspects.

Liberty.

Indians--Psychology--Case studies.

Indians.

Indigenous peoples--Politics and government.

Indigenous peoples.

Indians--Politics and government.

Indians--Psychology.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

xi, 204 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.

Summary:

Lawrence R. Alschuler uses the ideas of Albert Memmi, Paulo Freire, and Jungian psychology to explain changes in the political consciousness of the oppressed. His analysis of the autobiographies of four Native people, from Guatemala and Canada, reveals how they attained " liberated consciousness" and healed their psychic wounds, inflicted by violence, exploitation, and discrimination. Their lessons and Alschuler's proposed public policies may be applicable to the oppressed in ethnically divided societies everywhere.

Contents:

Part I Theories of Political Consciousness

1 Conscientization and Individuation 11

2 Humanization and Complexes 23

3 Decolonization and Narcissism 41

4 Liberated Consciousness and the Tension of Opposites 63

Part II Cases of Liberated Consciousness

5 The Study of Political Consciousness in Ethnically Divided Societies 83

6 Atanasio 93

7 James Sewid 105

8 Lee Maracle 115

9 Rigoberta Menchu 127

10 Psychopolitical Healing 139.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [191]-197) and index.

ISBN:

1403976333

OCLC:

70129244

Publisher Number:

9781403976338

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