A critical psychology of the postcolonial : the mind of apartheid / Derek Hook.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Hook, Derek.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Critical psychology.
• Postcolonialism.
• Apartheid.
• Social psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (261 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hove, East Sussex ; New York : Routledge, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An oft-neglected element of postcolonial thought is the explicitly psychological dimension of many of its foundational texts. This unprecedented volume explores the relation between these two disciplines by treating the work of a variety of anti-colonial authors as serious psychological contributions to the theorization of racism and oppression. This approach demonstrates the pertinence of postcolonial thought for critical social psychology and opens up novel perspectives on a variety of key topics in social psychology. These include: the psychology of embodiment a

Contents:

Front Cover; A Critical Psychology of the Postcolonial; Copyright Page; Contents; List of illustrations; Foreword; Introduction: Why a psychology of the postcolonial?; 1. The postcolonial, the psychopolitical, Black Consciousness and vernacular psychology; 2. Abjection as a political factor: Racism and the 'extra-discursive'; 3. Postcolonial psychoanalysis: Fanon, desire, fantasy and libidinal economy; 4. The stereotype, colonial discourse, fetishism and racism; 5. The 'real' of racializing embodiment; References; Index

Notes:

• Description based upon print version of record.
• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

• 1-136-49566-5
• 0-203-14052-4

OCLC:

798532109