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Freud and Said: Contrapuntal Psychoanalysis as Liberation PRAXIS

Freud and Said: Contrapuntal Psychoanalysis as Liberation PRAXIS

Beshara, Robert K.

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Series: Palgrave Studies in the Theory and History of Psychology

CriminologyGeneral Psychology

ISBN10: 3030567451
ISBN13: 9783030567453
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: Nov 1 2021
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.67
Height: 0.52 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: English

This book examines the theoretical links between Edward W. Said and Sigmund Freud as well the relationship between psychoanalysis, postcolonialism and decoloniality more broadly.

The author begins by offering a comprehensive review of the literature on psychoanalysis and postcolonialism, which is contextualized within the apparatus of racialized capitalism. In the close analysis of the interconnections between the Freud and Said that follows, there is an attempt to decolonize the former and psychoanalyze the latter. He argues that decolonizing Freud does not mean canceling him; rather, he employs Freud's sharpest insights for our time, by extending his critique of modernity to coloniality. It is also advanced that psychoanalyzing Said does not mean psychologizing the man; instead the book's aim is to demonstrate the influence of psychoanalysis on Said's work. It is asserted that Said began with Freud, repressed him, and then Freud returned. Reading Freud and Said side byside allows for the theorization of what the author calls contrapuntal psychoanalysis as liberation praxis, which is discussed in-depth in the final chapters.

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