Psychoanalytic Liberation Psychology challenges conventional psychological paradigms by developing a radical approach where psychoanalysis meets liberation psychology.

Drawing from his psycho-political work in South Africa, Nick Malherbe articulates how this approach functions as a powerful counterforce to capitalism's psychological grip on society and individuals. Rather than presenting a definitive framework, this book offers theoretical insights alongside concrete case reflections that illuminate both the generative potential and inherent challenges of this work. Malherbe invites readers to participate in an ongoing dialogue about what psychoanalytic liberation psychology could become.

Psychoanalytic Liberation Psychology creates space for critical discourse about the role of both psychoanalysis and liberation psychology in anti-capitalist social movements. It will be essential reading for psychoanalysts, psychologists, and scholars across disciplines and will provide valuable insights for academics in psychoanalytic studies and psycho-political fields, while remaining accessible to practitioners seeking to integrate liberatory approaches into their work.

About the Author

Nick Malherbe is a researcher at Institute for Social and Health Sciences, University of South Africa & South African Medical Research Council-University of South Africa Violence, Injury and Social Asymmetries Research Unit.

Reviews

'Attentive to the tensions between psychology and psychoanalysis, as well as to the myriad ways these disciplines have been implicated in capitalism's advance, Malherbe nonetheless makes a powerful and convincing case for the relevance of psychoanalytic insights for the urgent task of anti-capitalist resistance. A timely and important work.'

Dr Joanna Kellond, University of Brighton, UK

'Nick Malherbe's Psychoanalytic Liberation Psychology: Anti-Capitalist Approaches is a crucial, timely, and significant milestone in the understanding and application of psychoanalytic liberation psychology and decolonial psycho-politics. Focusing on the concepts of political fantasy, the superegoic community, unconsciousness-raising, memory otherwise, and the Not-Yet, Malherbe elegantly emphasises the importance of community activists and political struggle to the future and theoretical value of psychoanalytic liberation psychology in our contemporary conjecture. Malherbe's Psychoanalytic Liberation Psychology is a laudable and, in many ways, remarkable book.'

Dr Sinan Richards, University College Cork, Ireland

Book Information
ISBN 9781041010265
Author Nick Malherbe
Format Paperback
Page Count 136
Imprint Routledge
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd