Imperialism of the Mind: Decolonial Theological Approaches to Traumatic Memory

Frantz Fanon’s call to clear the “rot” of mental imperialism takes on even greater importance in light of emerging neuroscientific research regarding intergenerational trauma. Read through a decolonial theological lens, epigenetic trauma reveals that basic assumptions regarding the independent human...

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Auteur principal: Edwards, Stephanie C. (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group 2023
Dans: Political theology
Année: 2023, Volume: 24, Numéro: 6, Pages: 544-569
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B Traumatisme psychique / Épigénétique / Anthropologie / Décolonisation / Théologie politique
RelBib Classification:FD Théologie contextuelle
NBE Anthropologie
ZD Psychologie
Sujets non-standardisés:B Decolonial
B Epigenetics
B Traumatisme
B Frantz Fanon
B biosocial
B Political Theology
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Résumé:Frantz Fanon’s call to clear the “rot” of mental imperialism takes on even greater importance in light of emerging neuroscientific research regarding intergenerational trauma. Read through a decolonial theological lens, epigenetic trauma reveals that basic assumptions regarding the independent human person occlude foundational truths. Individuals are fundamentally connected to others in a way that can create ground for a thicker description of “shared humanity” and for liberatory practices of memory. Political theology provides a necessary space to forge theoretical and practical connections between the personal and political natures of race, trauma, and god-talk that are essential to move toward justice. Exploring multiple aspects of being – biological, decolonial, theological, future – I suggest that building communities of Christian enfleshed counter-memory is one potential path toward decolonizing theology and addressing the wounds of colonization through social transformation.
ISSN:1743-1719
Contient:Enthalten in: Political theology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/1462317X.2022.2139227