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

By: Oliver, Kelly, 1958-.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2004Description: xxiv, 245 p. ; 23 cm.Subject(s): Oppression (Psychology) | Dominance (Psychology) | Alienation (Philosophy) | Social psychologyGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 302.5/4 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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.
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302.5/4 (Browse shelf) Available

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

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.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.