Diferença sexual, diferença colonial: a racialidade interroga a psicanálise
Sexual Difference, Colonial Difference: When Racialization Challenges Psychoanalysis
This article explores the intersections between psychoanalysis, coloniality, and raciality, questioning psychoanalysis’ historical resistance in addressing the effects of racism and coloniality in the constitution of the modern subject. The analysis draws on the critiques of Frantz Fanon and broadens the debate with contributions from decolonial authors such as Aníbal Quijano and María Lugones. The text reflects on the Eurocentric limitations of classical psychoanalysis, which, by emphasizing sexual difference, neglects the racial dimension in the constitution of subjectivity. It also highlights how colonial discourses have established a regime of power that has naturalized racial and gender hierarchies, perpetuating symbolic and material inequalities. Furthermore, it suggests that psychoanalysis needs an epistemological revision in light of decolonial critiques, so that race can be included as a central element to understanding contemporary subjective dynamics. The authors advocate for a psychoanalysis committed to listening to the effects of coloniality, by expanding its critical potential and engaging with contexts of historical and structural inequality.
Keywords
- psychoanalysis
- coloniality
- race
- gender
- sexuality
- decolonial critique
