• search hit 1 of 1
Back to Result List

Violence and Racial Matters in Brazil: A Psychoanalytical Approach

  • This article is the result of a study on Psychoanalysis and Racial Matters which has been conducted by a group of black Brazilian psychoanalysts affiliated to the Círculo Psicanalítico de Minas Gerais – CPMG, Brazil. Even though Brazil is a multiracial and miscegenetic country, the lowest levels of the social pyramid have always been occupied by its black citizens who represent almost half of the Brazilian population. Therefore, the idea that people have about blacks is that they are ugly, dirty and weak: the image of failure. In this article we have considered the effects that are caused by this imaginary psychic register which has been historically produced on the psyche of the black Brazilian. Although Psychoanalysis has had significant influence on mental health in Brazil, it has made little or no contribution to the understanding of this matter. To further our comprehension of this enigma, we pose the question: what does a psychoanalyst hear when a black person speaks?

Download full text files

  • Delfino_E_A_et_al_2002.pdf

    File not available?

        (You will be redirectet to a request-form. You will need the IdNo there.)
    eng

Export metadata

Additional Services

Share in Twitter Search Google Scholar
Metadaten
Author:E. A. Delfino, et al.
Parent Title (English):International Forum of Psychoanalysis, Oslo (Scandinavian University Press) Vol. 11 (No. 2, June 2002), pp. 95-99.
Document Type:Articles
Language:English
Year of first Publication:2002
Release Date:2012/12/13
Format:PDF-scan upon request / PDF-Scan auf Anfrage
IdNo:Delfino_E_A_et_al_2002
Erich Fromm's Library and Erich Fromm Archive:Articles / Artikel
Licence (German):
Einverstanden ✔
Diese Webseite verwendet technisch erforderliche Session-Cookies. Durch die weitere Nutzung der Webseite stimmen Sie diesem zu. Unsere Datenschutzerklärung finden Sie hier.