ICS 129CNS · also LIT 115CNS, ROMST 115CNS
The Psyche, Power, Colonialism
Catherine I. Reilly
Description from DukeHub
Introduction to key texts analyzing colonial power’s impact on the mental life of the subject and approaches to anticolonial resistance focused on the mind. Nineteenth-century European imperialism grew alongside the creation of the mind sciences: psychology, psychiatry, psychoanalysis, neuroscience. Scientific fields were both shaped by colonialism and provided a resource for anticolonial struggle.
Skills
No skill passed the confidence bar. Weak matches go to review instead of this page: an AI pass that has to quote the description, then a person.
AI-resilient: 1 of 5
- No: Physical, lab or field work
- No: Live work with people
- No: Judgment someone is accountable for
- No: A craft you practice with your hands or body
- Yes: Small, in-person format · seminar, 18 seats per section
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