The colonization of psychic space a psychoanalytic social theory of oppression / Kelly Oliver.

Author/creator Oliver, Kelly, 1958-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoMinneapolis : University of Minnesota Press,
Descriptionxxiv, 245 p. ; 23 cm.
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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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 223-232) and index.
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LCCN 2004010513
ISBN081664473X (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN0816644748 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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