Neurotic adult regression in colonial subjects is properly termed paralogical rather than logical

Evidence

24. To continue in Odier’s terminology, it would be more accurate to say “paralogical”: “The term ‘paralogical’ might be suggested for the regression of the neurotic adult.” (Anxiety and Magic Thinking, p. 118.) — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 991

Categorization

• DEFINE: Precise technical terminology for the cognitive regression Fanon describes in colonial subjects.
• XREF: connects to: Neurotic structure combines environmental pressures with the individual’s own mode of reacting to them — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 299; Colonial oppression transforms the colonized psyche wholesale rather than adding to it — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 347

Broader Connections

• Colonial oppression transforms the colonized psyche wholesale rather than adding to it #expands (0.55) — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 347