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This study explores the psychodynamics of oppression and liberation. The author draws on the Jungian theory of the complexes to elaborate the psychological insights of Paulo Freire, a Brazilian educator. The convergence of Freire's insights and Jungian concepts is presented point by point: duality and dissociation; adherence, selfdepreciation, and split bipolarity; dehumanization and projection; horizontal violence and projective identification; objectification and the withdrawal of projections; humanization and the integration of complexes. The author intends to make this interdisciplinary resource more accessible and emphasizes the need to understand both the "inner" and "outer" aspects of oppression and liberation.

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Oppression and Liberation

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