Resistance to Social Death in an Indecent Society: a Pastoral-Psychoanalytic Perspective

This article explores and describes a source and type of political resistance to social death in an indecent society. While there are varied forms of political resistance, I consider the ways communities of faith and care serve as sites of resistance, wherein the grammar of racist humiliation, mimet...

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Subtitles:Special Issue "In Honor of Lewis Rambo"
Main Author: LaMothe, Ryan 1955- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: [2020]
In: Pastoral psychology
Year: 2020, Volume: 69, Issue: 5/6, Pages: 545-561
Further subjects:B Resistance
B Transitional objects
B Faith
B Inoperativity
B Indecent societies
B social death
B Racism
B Care
B Community
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Summary:This article explores and describes a source and type of political resistance to social death in an indecent society. While there are varied forms of political resistance, I consider the ways communities of faith and care serve as sites of resistance, wherein the grammar of racist humiliation, mimetic violence, and social death is inoperative. That is, the routine, day-to-day faithful and caring interactions of oppressed persons are key sources of political resistance, even when it appears the arc of history is not bending toward justice.
ISSN:1573-6679
Contains:Enthalten in: Pastoral psychology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s11089-020-00931-4