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Internal Racism: A Psychoanalytic Approach to Race and Difference

M. Fakhry Davids

Racism's external forms, from racial assault to petty discrimination, are readily recognized. However, its internal dimensions are easily overlooked: how can we understand what happens in the mind of those engaged in or experiencing racism?This book explores the inner relationship between the self and the socially stereotyped 'racial' other, providing a clinically derived model of how racist dynamics play out in the mind. Presenting an original theory of the psychology of racism, it: --Reviews and analyses the existing literature on racism and psychoanalysis, including an extensive study of Frantz Fanon's psychological model;

Book Details

  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Publish Date: Jul 19th, 2011
  • Pages: 224
  • Language: English
  • Edition: 2011 - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.40in - 5.40in - 1.10in - 0.92lb
  • EAN: 9780333964576
  • Categories: Psychotherapy - GeneralPsychotherapy - Psychoanalysis

About the Author

M. FAKHRY DAVIDS is an Honorary Consultant Psychologist at the London Clinic of Psychoanalysis, UK. He also runs a private practice in psychoanalysis and psychotherapy.
M. FAKHRY DAVIDS is an Honorary Consultant Psychologist at the London Clinic of Psychoanalysis, UK. He also runs a private practice in psychoanalysis and psychotherapy.