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Nation on the Couch: Inside South Africa's Mind – Wahbie Long

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Nation on the Couch: Inside South Africa's Mind – Wahbie Long

Wahbie Long unpacks his book 'Nation on the Couch: Inside South Africa's Mind' (Camera & editing: Nicholas Boyd)

10th June 2021

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Provocative, insightful and brilliantly written by Professor Wahbie Long, Nation on the Couch explores life in our beloved country through the lens of psychoanalysis.

By focusing on the idea of a ‘political unconscious’, it argues that there is much to be learnt from excavating the inner life of South Africans, which can illuminate the external problems that beset us from all sides.

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It will challenge readers to rethink the way we see ourselves, why we do what we do and why we are who we are.

 

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Wahbie Long, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist and associate professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Cape Town. A Mandela Mellon fellow at Harvard University, he is a recipient of the Early Career Achievement Award from the Society for the History of Psychology.

 

Nation on the Couch: Inside South Africa's Mind is published by NB Publishers

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