Internal Racism: A Psychoanalytic Approach to Race and Difference

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;

Author: M. Fakhry Davids
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 07/19/2011
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.92lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 1.10d
ISBN13: 9780333964576
ISBN10: 0333964578
BISAC Categories:
- Psychology | Psychotherapy | General
- Psychology | Movements | 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.