Abstract:

In the vision of modernity, older religious sites that imparted education have been replaced with the University as the new temple of learning. These ‘temples’ house countless dreams of finding and fulfilling one’s potentialities and securing a prosperous future. In a highly iniquitous society, the University is singularly invested with the objective of enabling access to success and a life of dignity via education. Yet, in reality, the space is highly fraught for students coming from socially disadvantaged backgrounds. The paper employs the psychoanalytic perspective to understand the complex interplay of the social divisions of caste hierarchy operating within the context of the University. Using a case vignette and everyday observations set in a Department of Psychology in a University in Delhi, the paper explores the unconscious anxieties and defences that circulate among students and teachers unwittingly promoting forms of othering. Understanding these defences is crucial for deconstructing the resistance to learning that comes from different caste locations and for actualizing the vision of emancipatory education.

摘要：

在现代性的视野中，传授教育的古老宗教场所已被大学所取代，成为新的学习圣殿。这些“寺庙”承载着无数寻找和发挥个人潜能以及确保繁荣未来的梦想。在一个极度不公正的社会中，大学的目标是通过教育获得成功和有尊严的生活。然而，实际上，对于来自社会弱势背景的学生来说，这个空间充满了压力。该论文采用精神分析的视角来理解在大学背景下运作的种姓等级社会划分的复杂相互作用。使用德里大学心理学系的案例小插曲和日常观察，该论文探讨了学生和教师之间无意识的焦虑和防御，这些焦虑和防御在不知不觉中促进了他者的形式。了解这些防御对于解构来自不同种姓位置的学习阻力和实现解放教育的愿景至关重要。