Where Does the Anger Go?

<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>In this chapter, the psychology of nonviolence is explored further in the work of psychiatrist and Martin Luther King Jr. associate, Dr. Alvin Poussaint, who was interviewed for this book. Poussaint focused on the presence of psychological anger as a problem for nonviolent action. The ideas and work of Frantz Fanon, a psychiatrist from Martinique, are contrasted with those of King and Poussaint, and the relevance of violence for psychological expression of anger, with potential benefits and harms, is explored. Depression is viewed as more relevant to nonviolence than anger, and the risks and benefits of depression for nonviolent activists are explored.</jats:p>