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:

1 online resource (272 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-232) and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-9671-3

OCLC:

476095601