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Postcolonial Theory and Psychoanalysis

From Uneasy Engagements to Effective Critique
By:Mrinalini Greedharry
Publisher:Springer Nature
Print ISBN:9780230521636
eText ISBN:9780230582958
Edition:0
Copyright:2008
Format:Page Fidelity

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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.