From colonial time to decolonial temporalities.

IF 3.2 2区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

British Journal of Social Psychology Pub Date : 2024-10-28 DOI:10.1111/bjso.12817

Thabolwethu Tema Maphosa, Refiloe Makama

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Abstract

In this paper, we critique the colonial conception of time and present alternative decolonial temporalities. We propose that the colonial conception of time, which is linear and scarcity centred, is limiting when it comes to the possibility of contextually theorizing trauma and healing. We offer two main arguments. The first argument explores the discourse around the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) in South Africa. Focusing specifically on Winnie Madikizela and F. W De Klerk, we show that in their engagement with the TRC, the linear, scarcity-centred and gendered nature of colonial time was animated. The second argument extends the first argument by considering how temporality is 'captured' by colonialism to foreground and universalize Western subjectivities and sensibilities. We use what Derek Hook calls a psycho-societal-diagnostic framework in conjunction with Fanon to show how subjectivities are structured in post-apartheid South Africa. We then consider how this time-subjectivity relationship is enacted at a geopolitical level. The paper ends by considering decolonial temporalities as a way to 're-cognize' at a collective level. While the paper engages with a series of concepts and ideas, namely capitalism, politics of justice, gender and race, these are threaded by the concept of time.

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从殖民时间到非殖民时间性。

在本文中，我们对殖民主义的时间概念进行了批判，并提出了另一种非殖民主义的时间性。我们认为，殖民主义的时间概念是线性的，以稀缺性为中心，这种概念限制了将创伤和愈合理论化的可能性。我们提出了两个主要论点。第一个论点探讨了南非真相与和解委员会（TRC）的相关论述。我们特别关注了温妮-马迪基泽拉（Winnie Madikizela）和F-W-德克勒克（F. W. De Klerk），表明在他们参与真相与和解委员会的过程中，殖民时代的线性、以稀缺性为中心和性别化的本质被激发了出来。第二个论点对第一个论点进行了延伸，考虑了时间性如何被殖民主义 "捕获"，以凸显和普及西方的主体性和感性。我们将德里克-胡克（Derek Hook）所称的心理-社会诊断框架与法农结合起来，说明种族隔离后的南非是如何构建主体性的。然后，我们考虑这种时间-主体性关系是如何在地缘政治层面上形成的。最后，本文将非殖民化的时间性视为在集体层面 "重新认识 "的一种方式。本文涉及一系列概念和观点，即资本主义、正义政治、性别和种族，而这些概念和观点都以时间概念为线索。

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British Journal of Social Psychology PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL-

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9.50

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