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Author Oliver, Kelly, 1958-

Title The colonization of psychic space [electronic resource] : a psychoanalytic social theory of oppression / Kelly Oliver.

Imprint Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2004.

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Description xxiv, 245 p.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-232) and index.
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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Oppression (Psychology)
Dominance (Psychology)
Alienation (Philosophy)
Social psychology.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 081664473X (hardcover : alk. paper)
0816644748 (pbk. : alk. paper)

 
    
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