Just began reading a book about feminism and psychoanalysis, and the author raised an interesting question: is some form of human domination necessary in human civilization? Freud answered this in the affirmative. He claimed that the origins of civilization lie in the struggle between father and son. The sons who overthrow the father’s authority become afraid [...]
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Psychological colonialism
Posted in America, Global, Neo-colonialism, Psychology, tagged America, media, Psychology, racism on April 3, 2011 | 5 Comments »
One of the major ways in which colonialism has continued to exist in our world today is through the mind. It is unbelievable the way the global system(s) have been moulded to produce peoples who think they are organized in a hierarchy. The media, capitalism, international relations, consumerism, heteronormativity, racism – all of these have [...]
