Am I, Me, and Who&apos;s She? Liberation Psychology, Historical Memory, and Muslim women

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Am I, Me, and Who's She? Liberation Psychology, Historical Memory, and Muslim women

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Author(s): Sarah Huxtable Mohr

Publication date (Print): 1 October 2020

Journal: Islamophobia Studies Journal

Publisher: Pluto Journals

Keywords: Islamophobia, liberation psychology, recovering historical memory, patriarchy, decoding

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One of the central underpinnings of Islamophobia is the theoretical construction of Muslim women as “Other”. Going hand in hand with colonization, the overall Orientalist imaginary has depicted Muslims as misogynistic, homophobic, and gynophobic in contrast to the normal and enlightened Western European subject. Liberation psychology, as a field of decolonial work, emphasizes several main tasks one of which is the recovery of historical memory in relation to how humans see each other and the world. This paper builds on the work of recovering historical memory to emphasize the Indo-European origins of misogyny and patriarchy and the subsequent cover-up of this history as a part of the legacy of colonialism and current narratives of Islamophobia. The paper concludes that the work of psychology should include decoding reality to uncover the true nature of the origins of patriarchy, thus building new, revitalized understandings of human society.

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Sarah Huxtable Mohr

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Journal ID (doi): 10.2307/j50018795

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Title: Islamophobia Studies Journal

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ISSN: 2325-8381

ISSN: 2325-839X

Publication date (Print): 1 October 2020

Volume: 5

Issue: 2 ( doiID: 10.13169/islastudj.5.issue-2 )

Pages: 238-248

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Keywords: liberation psychology,Islamophobia,recovering historical memory,patriarchy,decoding

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[1] Amin, Qasim. 1992. The Liberation of Women and The New Woman: Two Documents in the History of Egyptian Feminism. Cairo, Egypt: The American University in Cairo Press.

[2] Dilshad, Ali. 2019. “In Her Own Words – An Interview with Ousted Women's March Board Member Zahra Billoo.” URL: https://blog.hautehijab.com/post/womens-march-and-interview-with-zahra-billooFreidan, Betty. 2001. The Feminine Mystique. New York: W.W. Norton.

[3] Gimbutas, Marija. 1991. The Civilization of the Goddess: The World of Old Europe. New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers.

[4] Goldman, Emma. 2017. Anarchism and Other Essays. USA: Astounding Stories.

[5] hooks, bell. 1991. “Racism and Feminism.” In The Gender Reader, 2nd Ed., edited by Evelyn Ashton-Jones, Gary A. Olson and Mary G. Perry. Needham Heights, MA: Allyn & Bacon. Chapter 7, pp. 275–284.

[6] Lindholm, Charles and Lindholm, Cherry. 1991. “Life behind the veil.” In The Gender Reader, 2nd Ed., edited by Evelyn Ashton-Jones, Gary A. Olson and Mary G. Perry. Needham Heights, MA: Allyn & Bacon. Chapter 13, pp. 451–461.

[7] Rich, Adrienne. 1979. On Lies, Secrets, and Silence: Selected Prose 1966–1978. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.

[8] Martín-Baró, Ignacio. 1994. Writings for a Liberation Psychology, translated by Adrianne Aron & Sean Corne. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

[9] McKay, A. C. 2017. The Roots of Hinduism: The Early Aryans and the Indus Civilization. Asian Ethnology. Vol. 76. Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture.

[10] Moffic, H. Steven, John Peteet, Ahmed Z. Hankir, and Rania Awaad, editors. 2019. Islamophobia and Psychiatry: Recognition, Prevention, and Treatment. Cham, Switzerland: Springer.

[11] Mohr, Sarah. 2019. “Liberation Psychology from an Islamic Perspective: Some Theoretical and Practical Implications of Psychology with a Telos of Justice”. Journal of Religion and Society 21. Accessed March 18, 2020. URL: https://dspace2.creighton.edu/xmlui/bitstream/handle/10504/122276/2019-31.pdf

[12] Montero, Maritza. 2007. “The Political Psychology of Liberation: From Politics to Ethics and Back”. Political Psychology 28, no. 5: 517–533. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9221.2007.00588.x.

[13] National Network to End Domestic Violence. 2017. Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Fact Sheet. Accessed on February 2, 2020. URL: https://nnedv.org/resources-library/domestic-violence-sexual-assault-factsheet/

[14] Oak, Purushottam Nagesh. 1989. Taj Mahal, the True Story: The Tale of a Temple Vandalized, 4th Ed. Houston, TX: A. Ghosh.

[15] Rich, Adrienne. 1979. On Lies, Secrets, and Silence: Selected Prose 1966–1978. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.

[16] Said, Edward W. 1979. Orientalism, 25th Anniversary Ed. New York: A Division of Random House, Vintage Books.

[17] Sanchez, Tatiana. 2019. “Bay Area Muslim leader booted off Women's March board over Israel tweets.” SF Chronicle. URL: https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Bay-Area-Muslim-leader-booted-off-Women-s-March-14453150.php

[18] Shamsashtri, R. and R. Shamshastri. 1930. “Dravidian culture.” Annals of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute 11 (4): 336–60.

[19] Southworth, Franklin C. 2020. “Reconstructing Social Context from Language: Indo-Aryan and Dravidian Prehistory.” In The Indo-Aryans of Ancient South Asia, Reprint 2012, 1:258–77. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110816433-016

[20] Watkins, Mary and Helen Shulman. 2008. Toward Psychologies of Liberation. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.

[21] Wollstonecroft, Mary. 1991. “From A Vindication of the Rights of Women.” In The Gender Reader, 2nd Ed., edited by Evelyn Ashton-Jones, Gary A. Olson & Mary G. Perry. Needham Heights, MA: Allyn & Bacon. Chapter 6, pp. 187–206.

[22] Wood, Brian. 1988. Namibia 1884–1984: Readings on Namibia's History and Society: Selected Papers and Proceedings of the International Conference on Namibia 1884–1984: 100 years of Foreign Occupation; 100 Years of Struggle, London 10–13 September, 1984, organized by the Namibia Support Committee in cooperation with the SWAPO Department of Information and Publicity. London: The Committee in cooperation with the United Nations Institute for Namibia.