Transcending the legacies of slavery a psychoanalytic view
This book puts psychological trauma at its centre. Using psychoanalysis, it assesses what was lost, how it was lost and how the loss is compulsively repeated over generations. There is a conceptualization of this trauma as circular. Such a situation makes it stubbornly persistent. It is suggested th...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Karnac Books
2011.
London : 2018. |
| Edición: | 1st |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009797992506719 |
| Sumario: | This book puts psychological trauma at its centre. Using psychoanalysis, it assesses what was lost, how it was lost and how the loss is compulsively repeated over generations. There is a conceptualization of this trauma as circular. Such a situation makes it stubbornly persistent. It is suggested that central to the system of slavery was the separating out of procreation from maternity and paternity. This was achieved through the particular cruelties of separating couples at the first sign of loving interest in each other; and separating infants from their mothers. Cruelty disturbed the natura |
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| Notas: | <P>Introduction, Chapter 1 A Circular Situation of Persistent Trauma, Chapter 2 Slavery and Psychological Trauma, Chapter 3 Women, Slavery, and Loving Relationships, Chapter 4 Slavery, the Story of Oedipus, and the Oedipus Complex, Chapter 5 A Separation Made Too Early, Chapter 6 The Sent-Away Child and the Isolated Adult, Chapter 7 On the Emergence of Violence in Young People, Chapter 8 Some Thoughts on Grand-Parenting, Chapter 9 Transcending the Legacies of Slavery.</P> |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (138 p.) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 113-115) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780429908965 9780429484193 9781283370219 9786613370211 9781849409070 9781780498478 |
