National sovereignty and anti-imperialist struggle

Abstract

This article is intended to be a reflection on the notion of mental health from the constant imperialist oppression of peoples in the periphery of capitalism, focusing on the Latin American and Palestinian contexts. We have started from the premise that the actions of imperial domination in Latin America and the colonial occupation of Palestinian territory are part of the same capitalist and imperialist project of domination. We have as an objective to discuss the necessary anti-imperialist and anti-colonialist stance as fundamental premises for decolonising the notion of mental health in psychology. It is a theoretical article that establishes bases to understand capitalist dynamics, especially in the Latin American context, reinforcing the analysis of the genocidal colonial project perpetrated by Israel as a facet of imperialist domination. This analysis contributes to a critical understanding of mental health, pointing out insights for a psychology that embraces the ethical-political commitment, having a non-negotiable dimension of its practice, an anti-colonial, anti-capitalist, and anti-imperialist stance.

Affiliated Institutions

• Universidade Federal de Rondônia BR
• Universidade Federal do Amazonas BR

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