Frederick Douglass, a Psychobiography: Rethinking Subjectivity in the Western Experiment of Democracy
In the extreme context of the American slavocracy, how do we account for the robust subjectivity and agency of Frederick Douglass? In an environment of extremity, where most contemporary psychological theory suggests the human spirit would be vanquished, how did Frederick Douglass emerge to become o...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cham
Palgrave Macmillan
2018
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| In: | Year: 2018 |
| Series/Journal: | Black Religion/Womanist Thought/Social Justice
SpringerLink Bücher Springer eBook Collection Religion and Philosophy |
| IxTheo Classification: | FD Contextual theology |
| Further subjects: | B
Religious Studies
B Psychology and religion B Africa Politics and government B Counseling B Religion B African Americans B Psychotherapy B Black Theology |
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| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: 978-3-319-75228-0 Printed edition: 9783319752280 |
| Summary: | In the extreme context of the American slavocracy, how do we account for the robust subjectivity and agency of Frederick Douglass? In an environment of extremity, where most contemporary psychological theory suggests the human spirit would be vanquished, how did Frederick Douglass emerge to become one of the most prolific thinkers of the 19th century? To address this question, this book engages in a psychoanalytic examination of all four of Frederick Douglass’ autobiographies. Danjuma Gibson examines when, how, and why Douglass tells his story in the manner he does, how his story shifts and takes shape with each successive autobiography, and the resulting psychodynamic, pastoral, and practical theological implications 1. Introduction -- 2. The Intersubjective-Matrix of the Slavocracy: Experiencing the World of Frederick Douglass -- 3. Reimagining Black Subjectivity: A Psychoanalysis of Frederick Douglass -- 4. A New Birth: Agency Over Body and Sacred Spaces of Play -- 5. The Force of Being, Life-Stories, and the Counter-Narrative: A Brief Comment on Cultural Trauma and Resiliency in Personal Testimony -- 6. A Constructive Theology of Deliverance: Redeeming the Internal Force of Being -- 7. Remembering, Lament, and Public Ritual: Redeeming the Democratic Experiment |
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| ISBN: | 3319752294 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-75229-7 |