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Postcolonial Theory & Psychoanalysis: From Uneasy Engagements to Effective Critique
Mrinalini Greedharry
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Description for Postcolonial Theory & Psychoanalysis: From Uneasy Engagements to Effective Critique
Hardcover. Psychoanalytic theory has been the critical instrument of choice for colonial critics. This book examines why critics who are otherwise suspicious of Western forms of knowledge are drawn to psychoanalytic theories, and whether it is possible to use such theories without reproducing the colonial discourse that also structures psychoanalytic thought. Num Pages: 191 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 350.
Psychoanalytic theory has been the critical instrument of choice for colonial critics. This book examines why critics who are otherwise suspicious of Western forms of knowledge are drawn to psychoanalytic theories, and whether it is possible to use such theories without reproducing the colonial discourse that also structures psychoanalytic thought.
Psychoanalytic theory has been the critical instrument of choice for colonial critics. This book examines why critics who are otherwise suspicious of Western forms of knowledge are drawn to psychoanalytic theories, and whether it is possible to use such theories without reproducing the colonial discourse that also structures psychoanalytic thought.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
194
Condition
New
Number of Pages
182
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230521636
SKU
V9780230521636
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About Mrinalini Greedharry
MRINALINI GREEDHARRY was a SSHRCC Doctoral Fellow and British Council ORS Scholar at Goldsmiths, University of London, UK, where she obtained her PhD in 2005. Currently working as an independent scholar, she researches literature as a form of ethico-political critique and lectures regularly on the culture of colonialism.
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