The Psychosis of Race offers a unique and detailed account of the psychoanalytic significance of race, and the ongoing impact of racism in contemporary society. Moving beyond the well-trodden assertion that race is a social construction, and working against demands that simply call for more representational equality, The Psychosis of Race explores how the delusions, anxieties, and paranoia that frame our race relations can afford new insights into how we see, think, and understand race’s pervasive appeal. With examples drawn from politics and popular culture—such as Candyman, Get Out, and the music of Kendrick Lamar—critical attention is given to introducing, as well as explicating on, several key concepts from Lacanian psychoanalysis and the study of psychosis, including foreclosure, the phallus, Name-of-the-Father, sinthome, and the objet petit a. By elaborating a cultural mode to psychosis and its understanding, an original and critical exposition of the effects of racialization, as well as our ability to discern the very limits of our capacity to think through, or even beyond, the idea of race, is provided. The Psychosis of Race speaks to an emerging area in the study of psychoanalysis and race, and will appeal to scholars and academics across the fields of psychology, sociology, cultural studies, media studies, and the arts and humanities.

本書は人種を単なる社会的構築物として片付けるのではなく、ラカン派精神分析の峻厳なメスでその深層心理を解剖する野心作です。人種差別を個人の偏見を超えた、社会全体が陥る「集団的精神病（サイコーシス）」として捉え直す視点は、現代の歪みを鮮烈に描き出し、読者の価値観を根底から揺さぶります。 『ゲット・アウト』や『キャンディマン』といった映画を、単なる娯楽ではなく、無意識に潜む「排除」や「父の名」を可視化する装置として読み解く手法が秀逸です。映像の放つ根源的な恐怖と、著者の鋭い理論が共鳴し、人種という呪縛からいかに思考を解き放つかという問いに、魂を揺さぶるような極上の洞察を与えてくれます。