Critical psychology and social constructionist approaches in mental health, paranoia, discourses of surveillance in contemporary culture.
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This paper takes as its context widespread feelings of anxiety within neoliberal society caused by a combination of material and discursive factors including precarious access to work and resources. It is argued that the state uses... more
The label of mental illness is a demonizing indictment which gives power to one group [of professionals] over another [patients and caregivers], by way of its ability to pathologize human behavior. What is the basis of this nomenclature... more
Can we think of a Benedictine cloister around the year 1000 as reminiscent of a modern prison or a mental asylum? Was the monastery a medieval type of Erving Goffman's 'total institution' or Benthanian panopticon thoroughly structuring... more
Conclusión inversa Problematizando lo planteado y el diseño de investigación “… hablar del desarrollo como una experiencia históricamente singular, como la creación de las características e interrelaciones de los tres ejes que lo definen:... more
This article contends that Don DeLillo’s novels from Underworld to Point Omega are centrally concerned with changes in the structure of subjectivity under contemporary capitalism. The essay analyzes these developments from a late Lacanian... more
Invitation- My colleague Dr Mvikeli Ncube and I would like to invite you to our virtual conference on 5th May 2022. This is the first Afro-Asian Critical Psychology Conference and we are very excited to host this event which will... more
Invitation- My colleague Dr Mvikeli Ncube and I would like to invite you to our virtual conference on 5th May 2022. This is the first Afro-Asian Critical Psychology Conference and we are very excited to host this event which will... more
In the state of Yucatan, Mexico, the suicide rate more than doubles the Mexican national average. This article uses ethnographic data to argue that 1) local understandings of suicide in Yucatán reflect a logic of health among Yucatec Maya... more
It is often argued that self-help books negate citizenship and the public sphere by promoting a hyper-responsibility in which individuals are rendered entirely responsible for their own life experiences, without reference to social... more
Περίληψη: Στο ακόλουθο άρθρο, αναδεικνύεται πώς συγκροτείται το Καλό και το Κακό ως δίπολο που καθορίζεται από την τοποθέτηση των υποκειμένων και καταδεικνύει διαφοροποιημένες ταυτότητες και τοποθετήσεις. Αντλώντας από ένα κλινικό... more
Based on: Franks, P.E (1977) : Kurt Lewin and the fetishization of totality. Invited address, Psychology Department, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, April
In this paper, we frame career choice in terms of “choosing problems” using the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) framework as a semiotic resource to explore youth’s sociopolitical motivations. This has implications for career guidance... more