Fanon, Psychoanalysis, and Critical Decolonial Psychology The Mind of Apartheid

Contents

List of figures

Foreword

 Preface

Introduction: What can psychology learn from Frantz Fanon?

1.      Fanon, Biko, Black Consciousness: Resources for a critical decolonial psychology

2.      Abjection as a political factor: Racism and the "extra-discursive"

3.      Fanon’s decolonial psychoanalysis

4.      Desire, fantasy, and apartheid ideology

5.      The "real" of racializing embodiment

Biography

Derek Hook is professor in the Department of Psychology at Duquesne University, United States, and an extraordinary professor of psychology at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. He is a scholar and a practitioner of psychoanalysis with expertise in the areas of Lacanian psychoanalysis, post-colonial theory (the work of Frantz Fanon in particular), the psychology of racism, and philosophical and theoretical psychology.

'…a powerful articulation of a critical psychoanalytic decolonial theory of racism.  Fanon, Psychoanalysis, and Critical Decolonial Psychology will be indispensable for students and academics working around issues of race, social psychoanalysis, critical psychology and psychosocial studies.' - Stephen Frosh

'An innovative and productive account of the role of the sexual, bodily and visceral realms of desire, fantasy and affect underpinning the dynamics of post-colonial racism.' - Catherine Campbell, London School of Economics 

'Fanon, Psychoanalysis, and Critical Decolonial Psychology is unprecedented in its depth and nuance. It is certain to appeal to anyone interested in critical psychology and social psychoanalysis, and for anyone interested in the psychology of apartheid it is essential reading.' - Ross Truscott, University of Leeds

'There are a few good studies on psychoanalysis and racism, but this is an innovative text that stands alone, defining new lines of research while addressing contemporary social issues, foregrounding Fanon in this timely new edition. - Ian Parker, Honorary Professor of Education, University of Manchester, UK

'The second edition of Derek Hook's Fanon, Psychoanalysis, and Critical Decolonial Psychology: The Mind of Apartheid offers a profound exploration of racialized embodiment and affect through a psychoanalytic lens. This compelling work navigates the ideas of Frantz Fanon, Steve Biko, Slavoj Žižek, and Julia Kristeva, among others, while grounded by a sharp historical sensitivity to the lingering impact of colonial politics in post-apartheid South Africa. Groundbreaking in its theoretical scope and incisive in its historical analysis, this reissue underscores the enduring relevance of psychoanalysis in understanding the complexities of race and coloniality. A timely and essential contribution to critical psychology, postcolonial studies, and contemporary psychoanalysis of the more critical vein more broadly given its current decolonial interests.' - Ahmad Fuad Rahmat, Assistant Professor of Media and Digital Cultures, Nottingham University, Malaysia