Dark Continents

"Dark Continents attempts to recuperate a psychoanalysis that speaks to history. It is written within and for the discipline of postcolonial theory . . . . But it speaks as well to psychoanalysis. It offers a perhaps welcome opportunity for the profession's self-reflection as we begin our second century. As psychoanalysis has been helpful to the academic thought, so here from the academy a hand has perhaps been extended, which we might take on the way to renewing a psychoanalysis that is socially and culturally engagé." - Muriel Dimen, International Journal of Psychoanalysis

"[T]his book deserves to be widely read and will hopefully stimulate further work in the field." - Ben Grant, Wasafiri

"This forward-looking work should be read by all those interested in the history of intellectual ideas, cultural studies, and the cultural application of psychoanalytic ides past, present, and future. Essential." - R. H. Balsam , Choice

"This well-written, intelligent and thoughtful book is a symptomatic study of psychoanalysis and its relationship to colonialism and post-colonialism. . . . [P]ersuasive, impressive, and engaging and is a must for anyone interested in psychoanalysis or post-colonialism." - Coral Houtman , Leonardo Reviews

“Ranjana Khanna articulates and outlines a transnational feminist ethics. Such an ethics is badly needed and awaited with eagerness by many. Dark Continents is, indeed, a terrific integration of psychoanalytic thought with postcolonial and feminist politics by way of a critical intimacy with the combined ethics of ambiguity and difference.“ - Mieke Bal, University of Amsterdam