Psychoanalytical Theory in Postcolonial Discourse: Comparing Octave Mannoni, Frantz Fanon and Homi K. Bhaba

• Autorzy: Beinorius Audrius
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

This article deals with some earlier applications of psychology for the analysis of the colonial condition offered by three thinkers—Octave Mannoni, Frantz Fanon and recent applications of Freudian psychoanalytical theory in the poststructuralist approach of Homi K. Bhaba. An attempt is made to compare their standpoints and reflect more broadly on what their implications mean for the future of psychoanalysis’ place in postcolonial critique. Also to answer a vital question in the theoretical project of postcolonial studies: Is psychoanalysis a universally applicable theory for psychic disruption in the colonial context? What are differences in the application of psychological theory for studies of colonial discourse? The conclusion of the paper is: Despite the problematic inheritance of racializing thinking psychoanalysis has proved to be an important and reoccurring methodology in colonial critique and postcolonial theory. Nevertheless, it is necessary to recognize that psychoanalysis itself is a colonial discipline and must become an object of colonial discourse analysis.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Postcolonial theory; psychoanalysis; racism; anti-colonialism; post-structuralism; Sigmund Freud; Octave Mannoni; Frantz Fanon; Homi K. Bhaba

• Wydawca: Instytut Filozofii i Socjologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk; Fundacja Filozofia Na Rzecz Dialogu
• Czasopismo: Dialogue and Universalism
• Rocznik: 2020
• Numer: 3
• Strony: 123-140

Twórcy

autor

Beinorius Audrius

• Institute of Asian and Trans-cultural Studies, Vilnius University, Universiteto g. 5, Vilnius 01122.