Nancy Caro Hollander profiles ten Argentine, Chilean, and Uruguayan psychologists and psychoanalysts who experienced firsthand, and later strove to comprehend, the political and social oppression that occurred under the military dictatorships in their countries during the 1970s and 1980s. She recounts how psychoanalysts employed what she calls "liberation psychology" to understand the brutal trauma suffered by the populace under fiercely repressive regimes and then to help themselves and others to confront and overcome a culture of intimidation, coercion, torture, and, frequently, murder.
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Layli Phillips
5.0 out of 5 stars Psychoanalysis meets Marxism meets Transnational Psychology
Reviewed in the United States on March 26, 2000
Not many US psychologists know a lot about psychology in Latin America, whether in terms of history or theory. Nancy Caro Hollander's book provides an interesting introduction to both through the use of historical memoir centering upon six prominent psychologists--many of them European emigres--situated in the Southern Cone region (Chile, Argentina, and Uruguay). Her narrative examines how their classical psychoanalytic training, animated yet challenged by their Marxist political commitments, ultimately unfolded and became transformed in the crucible of the revolutionary (and counter-revolutionary) political environment of mid-century Latin America. These psychologists developed and courageously enacted a personally, professionally, and politically risky activist psychotherapeutic praxis which stands as an interesting counterpoint to traditional US approaches. This book will be an enlightening and thought-provoking read for those psychologists who are genuinely interested in cross-cultural perspectives on psychological theory and praxis, politically-engaged psychology, activist psychology, and/or history of psychology from a global perspective. The book's interdisciplinary approach, which combined history, political science, and psychology, was quite intellectually stimulating. I really enjoyed this book and would recommend it to others.
W. Bollinger
5.0 out of 5 stars Great text for teachers
Reviewed in the United States on January 24, 2000
Hollander has done a marvelous job of situating her subject in the context of modern Latin American history. Using this book as a supplemental text, teachers can enrich courses in political science, sociology, anthropology, Latin American studies and 20th century history. For certain courses in social psychology this book is essential. Students of the history and psychology of the Holocaust will want to read Hollander. High school teachers who have had "Facing History" training will find this book full of suggestive ideas and curriculum materials.
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Nancy Caro Hollander has a unique background that provides a multidisciplinary approach to her writing that integrates her training as a psychoanalyst and an historian, as well as her experience as a documentary filmmaker and a radio producer and host.
Hollander is Professor Emerita of Latin American history at California State University and a Research Psychoanalyst in private practice in Los Angeles. She was host of Pacifica Radio's "Just a Minute" for 13 years. Hollander's keen insights into the contemporary crises we face in the U.S. have been deeply affected by her experiences since the late 1960s in Latin America, where she has lived and studied the intimate and personal experiences of people suffering the conditions of extreme political polarization and economic dislocation. She shows how we in this country are now facing the challenges characteristic of the Global South right in the heart of empire.
In her latest book, "Uprooted Minds: Surviving the Politics of Terror in the Americas", Hollander explores the psychological meanings of the critical social, economic and political crises that we face in the U.S. as this country loses its hegemonic position in the world and its democratic institutions and culture at home. Her analysis is illustrated with the personal stories of self-reflective politically-engaged psychoanalysts in Latin America and the U.S., whose psychological expertise sheds light on the emotional experience people have to an increasingly terrifying social reality.
我很少读到这样能够如此深入探讨“疏离感”和“身份认同危机”的作品。这本书的主角群似乎都在一个巨大的迷宫中游荡,他们试图寻找归属感,却总是在最接近目标时被某种无形的力量推开。作者巧妙地利用了地理和气候作为心理投射的载体,比如对永恒的雨季和荒芜之地的描绘,完美地烘托了角色们内心的孤独和绝望。这本书的魅力在于它的留白,它没有给出所有问题的标准答案,而是把解读的空间留给了读者。在某些章节,情节的发展显得有些晦涩难懂,需要结合前后文的暗示和象征意义才能理解作者的真正意图,这无疑增加了阅读的难度,但也极大地提升了这本书的深度和耐读性。我特别喜欢它处理“记忆重构”的方式,角色们对自己过往的记忆是如此不确定,读者的代入感也随之增强——我们都在试图拼凑一个完整的‘自我’,却发现拼图本身就是残缺的。这是一部需要反复翻阅和深思的作品,它的价值会随着时间的推移而显现。
评分这本书的封面设计真是太抓人眼球了,那种强烈的色彩对比和略带模糊的人物剪影,一下子就把人拉进了一个充满张力的世界。我拿到手的时候,就忍不住一直在摩挲那个烫金的书名,感觉它本身就蕴含着某种宿命感。 故事的开篇,作者选择了一个非常规的切入点,没有急于交代主角的背景,而是直接将读者抛入了一个高度紧张的冲突场景。那种环境描写的细腻程度,简直让人感觉自己能闻到空气中弥漫的硝烟味和某种陈旧的木头气息。人物的对话简短而有力,每一个字都像带着重量,透露出角色内心深处的挣扎和那种时代背景下的压抑感。我特别欣赏作者在处理复杂人际关系时的那种克制与精准,没有过多的煽情,而是通过人物的行动和细微的表情变化,把情感的暗流汹涌地展现出来。特别是主角在面对道德困境时的那种犹豫和最终的抉择,处理得极其有层次感,让人读完后久久不能平静,会忍不住思考,换做是我,是否能做出同样的选择。这本书的节奏掌握得非常好,时而如急流般迅猛,时而又像深潭般幽静,引人探究。
评分坦白说,我一开始是被朋友强烈安利才开始读的,当时我对这种背景设定的故事有些保留,总觉得容易落入窠臼。然而,这本书的叙事手法彻底颠覆了我的预期。作者似乎非常擅长运用“非线性叙事”的技巧,时间线在过去和现在之间自由穿梭,但每一次跳跃都像是拼图上的一块关键碎片,不断揭示出更深层次的秘密。这种结构要求读者必须保持高度的专注,但回报是巨大的——每解开一个谜团,都会带来一次智力上的愉悦。书中的配角塑造得也极其丰满,他们不只是推动情节的工具人,每个人都有自己清晰的动机和无法言说的过去。我尤其喜欢那位年长的智者角色,他看似与世无争,却总能在关键时刻说出那些直击人心的哲理,那种饱经风霜后的睿智,读起来让人心悦诚服。这本书与其说是一个故事,不如说是一场对人性复杂性的深刻剖析,它探讨了记忆的不可靠性以及真相如何在时间的洪流中被扭曲和重塑。这本书的文字风格非常成熟,充满了文学性的张力,读起来有一种在品鉴精酿威士忌的感觉,需要慢慢回味。
评分这本书最让我感到震撼的是它对“沉默的力量”的刻画。在很多充满暴力和冲突的场面中,作者往往选择让角色保持绝对的安静,这种寂静比任何呐喊都更具毁灭性。它揭示了在极端环境下,语言的无力和无效性。整本书的基调是阴郁而沉重的,但令人欣慰的是,作者并非一味地散播绝望,在主角们最黑暗的时刻,总会闪现出一些微小而坚韧的人性光辉——也许是一次不经意的善意,也许是一个不为人知的承诺。这些微光如同寒夜中的星辰,虽然微弱,却是支撑角色走下去的唯一动力。这本书的章节结构设计得非常巧妙,每个章节的结尾都像一个钩子,让你迫不及待地想知道下一刻会发生什么。我很少有读完一本书后,会立刻想去搜索作者背景资料的冲动,但这本书做到了。它成功地建立了一个既真实又魔幻的世界观,让读者在沉浸其中后,对现实世界中的某些现象产生全新的审视角度。这绝对是一部值得珍藏的佳作。
评分这部作品的语言功力简直令人叹为观止,它读起来不像是在阅读小说,更像是在欣赏一首精心编排的长篇交响乐。作者对于意象的运用达到了炉火纯青的地步,无论是对特定场景的色彩描绘,还是对人物内心世界的隐喻,都充满了诗意和象征意义。比如,书中反复出现的“破碎的镜子”这一意象,不仅仅是简单的视觉呈现,更巧妙地映射了角色们支离破碎的自我认知和他们所处的动荡时代。我发现自己经常会停下来,反复阅读某些段落,只为细细品味那些措辞的精妙之处。这本书的节奏虽然总体偏慢,但在关键情节爆发点,作者会突然收紧笔力,用极其简洁、近乎新闻报道式的冷峻笔调来描绘冲击性的事件,这种强烈的反差感,极大地增强了文字的冲击力。这本书对于细节的关注达到了近乎偏执的程度,大到历史事件的精确还原,小到一件旧物的纹理描述,都显示出作者在前期准备工作上的巨大投入。看完之后,我感觉自己的词汇量都被润泽了,思维也变得更加敏锐。
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