Race and the Unconscious

Freudianism in French Caribbean Thought
1. Auflage 2002
ISBN: 978-1-900755-68-9
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 124 Seiten, Format (B × H): 149 mm x 198 mm, Gewicht: 195 g

Freud is often accused of eurocentrism - of making unjustifiable generalizations on the basis of European family structures. Although French Caribbean intellectuals such as Fanon, Cesaire and Glissant have joined in these criticisms, they have also made strikingly positive use of psychoanalysis. Much intellectual energy has been invested in notions of repression, the Oedipus complex and the psychoanalytic cure, while at the same time Freudianism has been no less vigorously criticized for its political quietism and its potential as a means of social control. Thus Freudian theory, and the controversies it arouses, remains a surprisingly persistent cultural element. The crucial issue is the link between the unconscious and race. In this groundbreaking study, Britton looks at the different ways in which Freudian psychoanalysis has been incorporated into arguments about racial identity and difference in the French Caribbean.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Britton, Celia

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Fremdsprachenerwerb und -didaktik
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; 1: Freud, Surrealism and Ethnography; 2: Politics and Psychosis: The Limits of Psychoanalysis in Peau noire, masques blancs; 3: Psychoanalysis and Social (Dis)order; 4: 'Œdipe noir'?; Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Celia Britton