The Wretched of the Earth - Frantz Fanon: Colonial War, Mental Illness, and Psychoanalysis
Red Menace
The Dual Nature of Psychoanalysis
Psychoanalysis offers valuable analytical methods while also imposing normative assumptions on mental development and health. It can inadvertently perpetuate societal norms and pathologize dissent. Despite its insights, psychoanalysis has a dual legacy of being both beneficial and potentially oppressive, leading to risks of confinement and oppression based on deviation from norms.
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