The Psychopolitics of Liberation

Explaining changes in the political consciousness of the oppressed using the ideas of Paulo Freire, Albert Memmi, and Jungian psychology, this original book explores how psychological bonds of oppression are broken and offers a psychopolitical theory for the analysis of the autobiographies of four Native people in Guatemala and Canada.

Autorentext
LAWRENCE R. ALSCHULER is retired Professor of Political Science, University of Ottawa, Canada.

Inhalt
Foreword by Andrew Samuels Introduction PART I: THEORIES OF POLITICAL CONSCIOUSNESS Conscientization and Individuation Humanization and the Complexes Decolonization and Narcissism Liberated Consciousness and the Tension of Opposites PART II: CASES OF LIBERATED CONSCIOUSNESS The Study of Liberated Consciousness in Ethnically Divided Societies Atanasio James Sewid Lee Maracle Rigoberta Menchu Psychopolitical Healing