Psychoanalysis and non-hegemonic knowledge: clinic of minority crowds based on situated listening

Abstract

Due to the importance of a listening and therapeutic space that is not violent or segregating, the aim is to undertake theoretical encounters and dialogues with a clinical practice implicated and permeated by intersectionality based on the articulation between psychoanalysis and non-hegemonic knowledge, such as decolonial, queer and feminist knowledge. To this end, a theoretical proposal was developed that considered the position of the psychoanalyst in his work of listening to socially subordinated identities. It is assumed that a clinical practice in the field of mental health must assume the social markers of gender, race, class, among others, in view of the field’s dialogue with the intersectional perspective. In this way, the article contributes to the psychoanalytic field by articulating clinical listening and non-hegemonic knowledge as a proposal to support an ethical-political listening that allows psychoanalysis to situate itself in relation to the social dimensions of psychic suffering. Furthermore, it is concluded that the articulation between psychoanalysis and non-hegemonic knowledge can be a way to position oneself based on situated listening, especially in clinical work with multitudes of minorities, as such articulation can help in the understanding of the respective social contexts that cause psychological suffering.