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Evolving Colonialism, Psychopathology and the Future of Pakistan
Colonialism is a pervasive phenomenon, experienced by almost every nation of the world, either as a colonized or a colonizer. Regardless of the historical role, every nation experienced its psychological corollaries. They are still there in the form of complex and multifaceted psychological possessions. Mannoni started employing Psychoanalysis to determine the description and dynamics of the colonized-colonizer relationship. Since then, it is the main model to interpret the psychological after-effects of colonialism despite its identified and identifiable drawbacks and defects of which till date there is no replacement. This article attempts to find an alternative psychological model to understand the colonized-colonizer relationship with an exit strategy out of this entangled relationship.
In this paper, it is argued that for the sake of decolonization, a relationship needs to have a fresh look. Simply, because colonialism is an evolving phenomenon, and it is not only pathological but pathogenic as well. The pathological colonized-colonizer relationship is transforming into more subtle and unidentifiable forms. The new forms have created new entanglements in which both colonized, and colonizers have developed unhealthy and inescapable fixations with each other. This article argues that the colonized- colonizer relationship in the era of globalization, cyber technology, and modern warfare has touched new intricacies and enigmas. The emerging dimensions are creating different forms of colonialism for the people of different regions. Pakistan is argued to be at the crossroad of this melancholic relationship. The future here is defined as a release from the past.
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