Whiteness Catalyzes Character Disorder and Mass Violence

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ID4577337
AuthorsCarter J Carter (0009-0009-2822-1239, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume24
Issue4
Pages258-270
Publication date2023-10-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueStudies in Gender and Sexuality (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1524-0657 • E-ISSN: 1940-9206
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/15240657.2023.2274796
OpenAlexW4392008544
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited51

Whiteness, understood in psychoanalytic terms as a complex emerging in relation to an invidious object, catalyzes character disorder and mass violence. Drawing on historical analyses of the early American colonial period and a 2014 mass shooting in Isla Vista, California, I articulate a theory of the workings of Whiteness, with an eye toward the interrelationship of psychodynamics and sociocultural, structural, and ideological forces. I conclude with a consideration of how and why psychoanalysis has failed to fully contend with Whiteness because of the discipline's own investment in Whiteness and White aggression

Criminology · Psychoanalysis · Sociology · Critical Race Theory in Education · Gender Studies · Psychology · Race, History, and American Society · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence

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