Khanna, Ranjana
Dark Continents: Psychoanalysis and Colonialism (Post-Contemporary Interventions / Latin America in Translation)
- ISBN 13:
- 9780822330677
- author:
- Khanna, Ranjana
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Duke University Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2003
- Pages:
- 310
- Dimensions:
- 23.5 x 15.2 centimetres (0.45 kg
- Genre:
- Cultural Studies
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Dark Continents: Psychoanalysis and Colonialism by Ranjana Khanna explores the intersection of psychoanalysis and colonialism, revealing how the former can be a powerful tool for understanding the violence of European imperialist history. Khanna argues that psychoanalysis can be used to critique the nation-statehood of former colonies, tracing the colonial backgrounds of psychoanalytic theory from its beginnings in the late nineteenth century to the present. This book assesses the merits of various models of nationalism, psychoanalysis, and colonialism, refashioning colonial melancholy as a transnational feminist ethics. Through its examination of psychoanalytic theory and its use by a range of writers, including Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, and Frantz Fanon, Dark Continents sheds light on the complex relationships between psychoanalysis, colonialism, and feminist theory.
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