Is Psychology Dead?
Psychology as we know it is not fit for purpose. Most therapy today is just about coping. But can we cope with collapse, with apocalypse? Most importantly, should we? In this video essay, I try to delve deep into the methodological, political, and colonial limits of the modern field of western psychology to see where the rot began and what we can do about it. And ofc, because how can I not, I connect it all to Palestine.
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Bibliography:
Interview with Erich Fromm: • Erich Fromm on Mental Health (1960)
Mad World: The Politics of Mental Health (2023) - Micha Frazer-Carrol
CBT: The Cognitive Behavioural Tsunami Managerialism, Politics and the Corruptions of Science (2019) - Farhad Dalal
50's film on Mental Asylums: • Mental Hospital (1953)
Asylum (1972) dir. Peter Robinson
Man's Search for Meaning (1946) - Viktor Frankl
00:00:00 - Intro
00:06:26 - Limits of Psychology
00:17:55 - Limits of Psychopathology
00:29:45 - Asylums and Anti-Psychiatry
00:40:56 - Viktor Frankl and Logostherapy
00:46:47 - Psychology, Colonialism, and Palestine
#mentalhealth #psychology #palestine #apocalypse
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Previous video essays:
• Where are the Arabs? A Historical View
• Zionism From the Standpoint of its Victims
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